Yardley
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- YARD-lee
- Origin
- English
Yardley is a girls' name of English origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Yardley mean?
English: English place-name surname, from Old English gyrd and leah
English place-name surname from Old English gyrd, 'rod', and leah, 'clearing'; Yardley is a district of Birmingham.
Is Yardley a girl's or a boy's name?
Yardley is a girls' name.
How popular is Yardley in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 11 girls. It first appears in the records in 1977.
Half of all the girls named Yardley in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yardley in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
Names like Yardley
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Yardley: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yardley, updated 20 October 2026.