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.

Parley

#6,005 most common boys' name of all time · #14,945 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#6,005
Rank overall
#14,945 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
78 of 146
All-time
693
Since 2016
91
Peak year
1918 #1,452
Best rank
#677 1880
Girls Boys peak 25/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Parley is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 14 14 #6,148
2024 8 8 #9,001
2022 6 6 #10,882
2021 6 8 14 #8,837
2020 6 6 #10,628
2019 5 5 #12,162
2018 13 13 #6,352
2017 12 12 #6,697
2016 13 13 #6,359
2015 8 8 #8,756
2014 11 11 #7,059
2013 11 11 #7,034
2012 8 8 #8,877
2011 7 7 #9,623
2010 11 11 #7,092
2009 10 10 #7,703
2008 12 12 #6,776
2007 7 7 #9,811
2006 6 6 #10,689
2005 7 7 #9,134
2004 9 9 #7,556
2003 6 6 #9,606
2002 5 5 #10,698
2001 10 10 #6,452
1999 10 10 #6,055
1998 9 9 #6,327
1997 5 5 #9,284
1994 8 8 #6,389
1993 7 7 #6,837
1992 6 6 #7,448
1990 6 6 #7,203
1983 6 6 #5,518
1982 8 8 #4,610
1981 5 5 #6,299
1971 5 5 #4,934
1958 6 6 #3,591
1956 5 5 #3,965
1955 12 12 #2,315
1951 7 7 #3,080
1950 6 6 #3,352
1947 10 10 #2,511
1946 6 6 #3,202
1945 5 5 #3,373
1943 10 10 #2,425
1942 8 8 #2,730
1940 11 11 #2,194
1939 6 6 #3,134
1938 5 5 #3,560
1937 6 6 #3,197
1935 9 9 #2,553
1934 10 10 #2,404
1933 6 6 #3,302
1932 8 8 #2,866
1931 14 14 #2,013
1930 7 7 #3,301
1929 9 9 #2,787
1928 6 6 #3,727
1927 6 6 #3,806
1926 11 11 #2,580
1924 13 13 #2,356
1923 11 11 #2,636
1922 7 7 #3,550
1921 7 7 #3,537
1920 7 7 #3,509
1919 21 21 #1,628
1918 25 25 #1,452
1917 19 19 #1,697
1916 15 15 #1,958
1915 10 10 #2,472
1914 12 12 #1,878
1913 14 14 #1,447
1912 10 10 #1,640
1908 6 6 #1,241
1902 5 5 #1,168
1894 7 7 #886
1886 7 7 #783
1882 5 5 #968
1880 9 9 #677