Arley

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Arley: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Arley: Recorded since 2001, its highest recorded position is #439, and it stood at #535 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
24years from first to last
#439highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2020–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2020	#5493
2021	#3961
2022	#4645
2023	#2689
2024	#4192

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 23 of the 24 years from 2001 to 2024.

In 2024: #790 among girls in Scotland, #4192 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2001–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2001
First recorded at #3134 among boys in England and Wales in 2001 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2001–2024
Highest recorded position: #439 among boys in England and Wales, in 2023 (recorded 2001–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4192 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Arley appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 23 years beginning in 2001, and has registered 571 births with the name.

Arley across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Arley's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#3134 (2001)	#439 (2023)	#560 (2024)	23 of 24	571 (2001–2024)	90 (2023)
England and Wales · Girls	#5493 (2020)	#2689 (2023)	#4192 (2024)	5 of 5	26 (2020–2024)	9 (2023)

Arley by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Arley in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	72	8 of 10	9
2010s	229	10 of 10	23
2020sbusiest	270	5 of 10	54

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 54 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2022 and 2023, when recorded births rose by 48, from 42 to 90.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Arley appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2001 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #439 in England and Wales in 2023.

Arley's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#4192	5	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#560	68	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2689	9	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#439	90	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#4645	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#771	42	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3961	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#719	48	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1192	22	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1113	24	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#919	32	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#848	37	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1157	24	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1586	15	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1178	22	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1183	21	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1119	24	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1688	13	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1407	17	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1494	15	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2097	9	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1578	13	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2538	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1534	12	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2070	7	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1799	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#790	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#535	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 2001 and 2024, ranked in 23 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #439, first reached in 2023.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 90 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2024, and 23 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Abdelrahman · #439, 19y
Finan · #439, 23y
Kiesha · #439, 18y
Oluwatosin · #439, 22y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Andreja · #440, 13y
Emily-Grace · #440, 22y
Eva-Grace · #440, 16y
Milita · #440, 14y

Arley was ranked #439 in England and Wales · Boys in 2023. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Arley and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Arley without appearing here.

Arley moved ahead of

Arne Compare
In 2004 they stood at #3134 and #2587 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #1534 and #3849.
Hans Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2097 and #1511 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #1494 and #3227.
Joakim Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2538 and #2538 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #1494 and #3227.
Isak Compare
In 2007 they stood at #1578 and #1440 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #2097 and #3687.

Moved the opposite way to Arley

Aaron Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Arley went from #3134 to #560 while Aaron went from #40 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Arley went from #3134 to #560 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Arley went from #3134 to #560 while Alan went from #270 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Arley went from #3134 to #560 while Alex went from #45 to #171.

Moved the same way as Arley

Albie Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Arley went from #3134 to #560 and Albie from #728 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Arley went from #3134 to #560 and Alfie from #54 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Arley went from #3134 to #560 and Alfred from #149 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Arley went from #3134 to #560 and Archie from #60 to #10.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2001 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #439 in England and Wales in 2023. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Arley

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What the data shows

Popularity journey

Arley across 2 official records

Arley by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Arley appears in

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Arley across 2 official records

Arley by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Arley

Arley and the names beside it

Arley moved ahead of

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