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Parley: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 14 in 2025. Its best rank was #676 in 1880.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #676 in 1880; #6,352 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Parley in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#6,352 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1880, at #676.
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Parley: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 14 boys in 2025. Peak: #676 in 1880 · most boys in one year: 25 (1918).
In 2025, 14 US boys were named Parley, making it the 6,352nd most common boys’ name of the year, up 3,294 places from #9,646 in 2024. That is 6 more than the 8 boys named Parley in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #676, reached in 1880. The most boys given the name in a single year was 25, in 1918. For comparison, it was #9,347 in 2015 and #3,592 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Parley in 78 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 9 babies. In all, 693 US babies have been given the name, 0.9% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1910s, with 126 babies named Parley.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 85 US boys were named Parley; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 14. In 2025 that was about 1 in 122,005 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
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Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 14 | #6,352 |
| 2024 | — | — | 8 | #9,646 |
| 2022 | — | — | 6 | #11,945 |
| 2021 | 6 | #14,824 | 8 | #9,467 |
| 2020 | — | — | 6 | #11,645 |
| 2019 | — | — | 5 | #13,626 |
| 2018 | — | — | 13 | #6,609 |
| 2017 | — | — | 12 | #7,001 |
| 2016 | — | — | 13 | #6,628 |
| 2015 | — | — | 8 | #9,347 |
| 2014 | — | — | 11 | #7,415 |
| 2013 | — | — | 11 | #7,415 |
| 2012 | — | — | 8 | #9,486 |
| 2011 | — | — | 7 | #10,495 |
| 2010 | — | — | 11 | #7,448 |
| 2009 | — | — | 10 | #8,144 |
| 2008 | — | — | 12 | #7,080 |
| 2007 | — | — | 7 | #10,604 |
| 2006 | — | — | 6 | #11,682 |
| 2005 | — | — | 7 | #9,866 |
| 2004 | — | — | 9 | #8,005 |
| 2003 | — | — | 6 | #10,522 |
| 2002 | — | — | 5 | #11,995 |
| 2001 | — | — | 10 | #6,798 |
| 1999 | — | — | 10 | #6,388 |
| 1998 | — | — | 9 | #6,698 |
| 1997 | — | — | 5 | #10,389 |
| 1994 | — | — | 8 | #6,812 |
| 1993 | — | — | 7 | #7,407 |
| 1992 | — | — | 6 | #8,190 |
| 1990 | — | — | 6 | #7,846 |
| 1983 | — | — | 6 | #6,026 |
| 1982 | — | — | 8 | #4,885 |
| 1981 | — | — | 5 | #7,001 |
| 1971 | — | — | 5 | #5,455 |
| 1958 | — | — | 6 | #3,829 |
| 1956 | — | — | 5 | #4,327 |
| 1955 | — | — | 12 | #2,403 |
| 1951 | — | — | 7 | #3,281 |
| 1950 | — | — | 6 | #3,592 |
| 1947 | — | — | 10 | #2,623 |
| 1946 | — | — | 6 | #3,434 |
| 1945 | — | — | 5 | #3,656 |
| 1943 | — | — | 10 | #2,518 |
| 1942 | — | — | 8 | #2,886 |
| 1940 | — | — | 11 | #2,284 |
| 1939 | — | — | 6 | #3,394 |
| 1938 | — | — | 5 | #3,909 |
| 1937 | — | — | 6 | #3,431 |
| 1935 | — | — | 9 | #2,668 |
| 1934 | — | — | 10 | #2,519 |
| 1933 | — | — | 6 | #3,546 |
| 1932 | — | — | 8 | #3,036 |
| 1931 | — | — | 14 | #2,075 |
| 1930 | — | — | 7 | #3,515 |
| 1929 | — | — | 9 | #2,915 |
| 1928 | — | — | 6 | #4,034 |
| 1927 | — | — | 6 | #4,087 |
| 1926 | — | — | 11 | #2,689 |
| 1924 | — | — | 13 | #2,440 |
| 1923 | — | — | 11 | #2,734 |
| 1922 | — | — | 7 | #3,782 |
| 1921 | — | — | 7 | #3,792 |
| 1920 | — | — | 7 | #3,736 |
| 1919 | — | — | 21 | #1,678 |
| 1918 | — | — | 25 | #1,486 |
| 1917 | — | — | 19 | #1,739 |
| 1916 | — | — | 15 | #2,021 |
| 1915 | — | — | 10 | #2,575 |
| 1914 | — | — | 12 | #1,945 |
| 1913 | — | — | 14 | #1,488 |
| 1912 | — | — | 10 | #1,712 |
| 1908 | — | — | 6 | #1,335 |
| 1902 | — | — | 5 | #1,268 |
| 1894 | — | — | 7 | #932 |
| 1886 | — | — | 7 | #826 |
| 1882 | — | — | 5 | #1,059 |
| 1880 | — | — | 9 | #676 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).