Parley
Boy · PAR-lee · English
Parley is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “discussion, talk”. In 2025 it ranked 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
What does Parley mean?
English: English word and surname, from French parler
“discussion, talk”
Parley P. Pratt was an early apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
- Say it
- PAR-lee
Is Parley a girl's or a boy's name?
Parley is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Parley in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,140among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 120,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Parley, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 1918, with 25 boys.
2025 had more boys named Parley than any year since 1931.
Half of all the boys named Parley in the US since 1880 were born between 1920 and 2006. It was already well used in 1880, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Parley in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,591 |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 5 | #3,940 |
| 1955 | 12 | #2,301 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 7 | #3,064 |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,328 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 10 | #2,497 |
| 1946 | 6 | #3,171 |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,337 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 10 | #2,404 |
| 1942 | 8 | #2,711 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 11 | #2,179 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,112 |
| 1938 | 5 | #3,533 |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,175 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 9 | #2,529 |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,393 |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,267 |
| 1932 | 8 | #2,849 |
| 1931 | 14 | #2,003 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,287 |
| 1929 | 9 | #2,764 |
| 1928 | 6 | #3,695 |
| 1927 | 6 | #3,778 |
| 1926 | 11 | #2,565 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 13 | #2,347 |
| 1923 | 11 | #2,613 |
| 1922 | 7 | #3,530 |
| 1921 | 7 | #3,516 |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,488 |
| 1919 | 21 | #1,623 |
| 1918 | 25 | #1,445 |
| 1917 | 19 | #1,692 |
| 1916 | 15 | #1,948 |
| 1915 | 10 | #2,457 |
| 1914 | 12 | #1,867 |
| 1913 | 14 | #1,440 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,618 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,216 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,136 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 7 | #856 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 7 | #758 |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 5 | #942 |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 9 | #640 |
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