Atley
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AT-lee
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #763 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,368 for girls
Atley is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “at the clearing”. In 2025 it ranked 763rd for boys in the UK (50 babies) and 2,368th for girls in the US (76 babies).
What does Atley mean?
English: English surname related to Attlee, from Middle English atte lee
“at the clearing”
Is Atley a girl's or a boy's name?
Atley is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 50 boys in the UK and 76 girls and 54 boys in the US.
How popular is Atley in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #763among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 50about 1 in 6,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Newly popularnew in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 50 boys in the UK were named Atley, making it the 763rd most popular name for boys.
2025 had the most boys named Atley of any year since it first appeared, in 2002.
Half of all the boys named Atley in the UK since 1996 were born between 2023 and 2025, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 702nd in England and Wales.
Atley in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 50 | #763 |
| 2024 | 14 | #1,825 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,303 |
| 2022 | 12 | #1,999 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 1 | #6,179 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
How popular is Atley in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,368among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 76about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 76 girls in the US were named Atley, making it the 2,368th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,748th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 80 girls. It first appears in the records in 1999. 54 boys were also named Atley in 2025 (2,480th for boys).
2025 had more girls named Atley than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Atley in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 125 girls in the US were given Atley or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,443, up from #2,368 for this spelling alone.
In 2006, 39% of the babies named Atley in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 58%, with more girls than boys since 2013.
Atley in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 76 | #2,368 |
| 2024 | 46 | #3,395 |
| 2023 | 58 | #2,891 |
| 2022 | 59 | #2,856 |
| 2021 | 42 | #3,613 |
| 2020 | 60 | #2,748 |
| 2019 | 80 | #2,272 |
| 2018 | 42 | #3,613 |
| 2017 | 50 | #3,192 |
| 2016 | 40 | #3,777 |
| 2015 | 50 | #3,254 |
| 2014 | 51 | #3,182 |
| 2013 | 33 | #4,334 |
| 2012 | 31 | #4,599 |
| 2011 | 27 | #5,061 |
| 2010 | 29 | #4,859 |
| 2009 | 22 | #6,088 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 18 | #6,523 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
Names like Atley
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Oakley Marley Archer Hudson Finley Albie Kingsley Henley Atlas Jaxon Asher Riley
Other spellings of Atley
More English names
Lily Evelyn Ivy Harper Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie Hazel Carter Harrison
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Atley: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/atley, updated 20 October 2026.