Arley

Boy · AR-lee · English

Arley is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “eagle wood”. In 2025 it ranked 481st for boys in the UK (89 babies) and 1,753rd for boys in the US (92 babies).

What does Arley mean?

English: English place name and surname

“eagle wood”

From English place names such as Arley in Warwickshire and Upper Arley in Worcestershire.

Say it: AR-lee

Is Arley a girl's or a boy's name?

Arley is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls and 89 boys in the UK and 34 girls and 92 boys in the US.

How popular is Arley in the UK?

Rank in 2025: #481among boys
Babies in 2025: 89about 1 in 3,400 boys
Five-year trend: Rising fastup 222% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 89 boys in the UK were named Arley, making it the 481st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,206th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 96 boys. 7 girls were also named Arley in 2025 (3,409th for girls).

Half of all the boys named Arley in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 150 boys in the UK were given Arley or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #341, up from #481 for this spelling alone.

Arley 89
Arlie 44
Arly 9
Arlee 4
Arli 4

Among boys in 2025, it was 462nd in England and Wales and 560th in Scotland.

2001Busiest: 96 in 20232025

Arley in the UK, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	89	#481
2024	73	#583
2023	96	#455
2022	43	#813
2021	48	#781
2020	24	#1,206
2019	24	#1,193
2018	32	#1,002
2017	38	#901
2016	24	#1,234
2015	15	#1,693
2014	22	#1,260
2013	21	#1,290
2012	26	#1,128
2011	13	#1,788
2010	17	#1,508
2009	15	#1,582
2008	9	#2,212
2007	13	#1,667
2006	6	#2,645
2005	12	#1,599
2004	7	#2,157
2003	0	–
2002	7	#1,900
2001	3	#3,255

How popular is Arley in the US?

Rank in 2025: #1,753among boys
Babies in 2025: 92about 1 in 19,000 boys
Five-year trend: Steadyup 13% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 92 boys in the US were named Arley, making it the 1,753rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,069th. It first appears in the records in 1885. 34 girls were also named Arley in 2025 (4,171st for girls).

2025 had the most boys named Arley of any year since it first appeared, in 1885.

Half of all the boys named Arley in the US since 1880 were born between 1928 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 116 boys in the US were given Arley or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,362, up from #1,753 for this spelling alone.

Arley 92
Arlie 16
Arly 8

Girls were 11% of the babies named Arley in the US in 1916, and 27% in 2025.

1885Busiest: 92 in 20252025

Arley in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	92	#1,753
2024	73	#2,057
2023	83	#1,896
2022	68	#2,149
2021	56	#2,409
2020	68	#2,069
2019	88	#1,762
2018	64	#2,166
2017	47	#2,636
2016	51	#2,477
2015	61	#2,212
2014	63	#2,152
2013	46	#2,592
2012	90	#1,686
2011	56	#2,283
2010	37	#3,071
2009	21	#4,580
2008	20	#4,710
2007	11	#7,090
2006	12	#6,455
2005	16	#5,029
2004	10	#6,970
2003	10	#6,708
2002	19	#4,182
2001	9	#6,928
2000	11	#5,913
1999	12	#5,311
1998	9	#6,308
1997	8	#6,612
1996	10	#5,528
1995	14	#4,274
1994	24	#2,946
1993	42	#1,928
1992	19	#3,331
1991	15	#3,806
1990	27	#2,483
1989	29	#2,286
1988	22	#2,594
1987	11	#3,954
1986	11	#3,878
1985	8	#4,693
1984	11	#3,698
1983	13	#3,229
1982	11	#3,690
1981	10	#3,856
1980	8	#4,493
1979	11	#3,567
1978	6	#5,056
1977	11	#3,384
1976	11	#3,262
1975	10	#3,426
1974	11	#3,118
1973	7	#4,052
1972	7	#3,960
1971	10	#3,144
1970	8	#3,519
1969	12	#2,548
1968	9	#2,906
1967	12	#2,351
1966	13	#2,215
1965	17	#1,917
1964	10	#2,664
1963	16	#2,043
1962	14	#2,185
1961	18	#1,947
1960	15	#2,120
1959	19	#1,864
1958	21	#1,723
1957	17	#1,951
1956	26	#1,531
1955	21	#1,681
1954	21	#1,667
1953	13	#2,185
1952	21	#1,664
1951	33	#1,278
1950	25	#1,463
1949	19	#1,701
1948	31	#1,295
1947	29	#1,362
1946	38	#1,123
1945	30	#1,203
1944	37	#1,085
1943	32	#1,214
1942	39	#1,089
1941	28	#1,254
1940	37	#1,067
1939	29	#1,219
1938	28	#1,247
1937	48	#896
1936	44	#924
1935	37	#1,057
1934	43	#970
1933	42	#980
1932	46	#963
1931	37	#1,111
1930	37	#1,151
1929	53	#923
1928	46	#1,019
1927	57	#898
1926	60	#855
1925	50	#956
1924	40	#1,133
1923	59	#882
1922	63	#863
1921	48	#1,011
1920	44	#1,045
1919	42	#1,047
1918	47	#975
1917	46	#946
1916	42	#984
1915	54	#832
1914	30	#1,019
1913	22	#1,075
1912	21	#1,000
1911	7	#1,386
1910	7	#1,313
1909	0	–
1908	12	#779
1907	6	#1,199
1906	7	#1,003
1905	8	#918
1904	9	#810
1903	9	#783
1902	5	#1,136
1901	6	#942
1900	8	#967
1899	7	#856
1898	5	#1,120
1897	10	#681
1896	9	#778
1895	7	#871
1894	8	#786
1893	7	#836
1892	9	#747
1891	0	–
1890	6	#884
1889	0	–
1888	0	–
1887	6	#819
1886	5	#959
1885	9	#641

Names like Arley

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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Other spellings of Arley

Arlie Arly Arlee Arli

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