Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Morley*

#6,776 most common boys' name of all time · #17,002 across all names · 92% male / 8% female · used 1909–2024 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#6,776
Rank overall
#17,002 of 105,966
First appeared
1909
Years on the list
54 of 146
All-time
566
Since 2016
19
Peak year
1925 #1,990
Best rank
#1,672 1909
Girls Boys peak 24/yr
192019401960198020002020

Morley first appears in 1909. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2024 6 — 6 —
2022 5 — 5 —
2021 8 — 8 —
2014 5 — 5 —
2012 5 — 5 —
2011 5 — 5 —
2010 7 — 7 —
2008 — 6 6 #11,114
1978 — 5 5 #5,890
1965 — 5 5 #4,050
1964 — 5 5 #4,167
1961 — 7 7 #3,440
1960 — 6 6 #3,771
1956 — 7 7 #3,331
1955 — 6 6 #3,624
1953 — 5 5 #3,940
1952 — 8 8 #2,972
1950 — 9 9 #2,669
1949 — 6 6 #3,416
1948 — 7 7 #3,131
1945 — 8 8 #2,657
1944 — 7 7 #2,955
1943 — 9 9 #2,651
1942 — 13 13 #2,105
1941 — 9 9 #2,582
1940 — 13 13 #2,038
1939 — 9 9 #2,527
1938 — 12 12 #2,149
1937 — 9 9 #2,581
1936 — 16 16 #1,785
1935 — 13 13 #2,089
1934 — 15 15 #1,906
1933 — 12 12 #2,160
1932 — 18 18 #1,764
1931 — 13 13 #2,175
1930 — 15 15 #2,042
1929 — 15 15 #2,063
1928 — 19 19 #1,803
1927 — 18 18 #1,922
1926 — 13 13 #2,377
1925 7 17 24 #1,990
1924 — 19 19 #1,877
1923 — 13 13 #2,390
1922 — 13 13 #2,424
1921 — 14 14 #2,333
1920 — 18 18 #1,938
1919 — 8 8 #3,206
1918 — 19 19 #1,808
1917 — 12 12 #2,364
1916 — 13 13 #2,210
1915 — 11 11 #2,394
1914 — 11 11 #2,067
1912 — 7 7 #2,185
1909 — 5 5 #1,672