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Adley

Girls' name · Current

Living in the US
~6,700 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#805 among girls
Births in 2025
390 6,823 since 1880
Typical age
6 years, median

Adley popularity over time

Adley rank by birth year, 1921–2025Adley ranked #5,099 in 1921 and #805 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #509, in 2021.#1,000#10,000#805best #509 in 202119401960198020002020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1921–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

2021 is the peak year for Adley, with 630 births. It first clears the SSA reporting threshold in 1918. It reaches the top 1,000 in 12 years of the record.

The 2025 position is #805, on 390 births. It slipped 137 places against the previous year.

Babies named Adley per yearPeaks at 630 births in 2021.630 in 20210192019401960198020002020
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Adley?

Roughly 6,700 Adleys are alive in the US right now. SSA has recorded 6,823 births under the name since 1880. The split is about 6,100 women and 620 men.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Adley?

Median age among living Adleys: 6. More of them were born in the 2010s than in any other decade. By the site’s era rules that makes Adley a current name.

Your Adley

Ages of living people named AdleyHalf of living Adleys are older than 6 and half younger.median 6020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Adley is most common

South Dakota uses the name 3.8× as often as the country as a whole. North Dakota, West Virginia and Kentucky follow.

Where Adley is used more than average5 states use the name Adley more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: 3.5× the national rateNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: 3.8× the national rateSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: 2.8× the national rateNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: 2.9× the national rateKYWest Virginia: 3.4× the national rateWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Adley is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
South Dakota 37 3.8×
North Dakota 33 3.5×
West Virginia 61 3.4×
Kentucky 158 2.9×
Nebraska 66 2.8×

Is Adley a boy's or a girl's name?

90% girls10% boys
Share of all recorded US births under this name, 1880 to the latest year.

Across the whole record, 90.3% of births under the name were girls. The dominant sex is not the same at the end of the record as at the start.

Adley in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Adley ranked #1,359 in 2025 on 34 births.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Adley comes from

Possibly a variant of Hadley.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Adley

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Adley Rutschman American professional baseball player 1998 10
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People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

Names similar to Adley

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

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