Arley

What Arley means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Arley yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Used for both: 73% of US babies named Arley in 2025 were boys Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Arley?

US: Rising: up from #2212 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1586 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1897, when 10 boys got the name (#681 that year). First in the US records in 1885.

How common

• About 1 in 18,566 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 3,237 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 3,928 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in AZ (0.37 per 1,000 boys), CA (0.13 per 1,000 boys), FL (0.07 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Arley is #1753 in the US and #462 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 73.0% of US babies named Arley were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Arlo2,443 US · 2,083 E&W
• Arlow38 US · 7 E&W
• Arel16 US · 16 E&W
• Arly8 US · 9 E&W
• Arael7 US
• Arloh5 US
• Arloe0 US · 4 E&W
• Arlee0 US · 4 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Arley

Boys

• Graham#120“gravel + homestead”^*
• Elliott#160“my God is Yahweh”^*
• Dean#125“valley”^*
• Weston#55Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #120 in 2015, #55 in 2025
• Elliot#151Variant of Elliott, meaning “my God is Yahweh”^*
• Colt#285From the word “colt”^*

For a sister

• Rosalie#171“rose”^*
• Alice#65“noble + character”^*
• Everleigh#194“wild boar + woodland clearing”^*
• Jane#221“God is gracious”^*
• Vera#205“faith”^*
• Elowyn#299Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #2,619 in 2015, #299 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Arley’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.