Corley
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KOR-lee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Corley is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “crane clearing”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Corley mean?
English: English surname and place name, probably Old English cran 'crane' plus leah 'clearing'
“crane clearing”
Transferred use of an English surname taken from places such as Corley in Warwickshire.
Is Corley a girl's or a boy's name?
Corley is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Corley in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 7 boys.
Corley in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,386 |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
How popular is Corley in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 13,203rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Corley, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 18 girls. It first appears in the records in 1976.
Half of all the girls named Corley in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Corley in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 18 | #6,852 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,645 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,580 |
| 1990 | 10 | #7,874 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
Names like Corley
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Conan, Cody, Covey, Kody, Conlan, Casey, Conn, Keegan, Brody, Caoimhin, Corey, Regan
Names related to Corley
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
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, “Corley: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/corley, updated 20 October 2026.