Given name
Arley
“from the hare's meadow”
Arley is used as a given name. One English interpretation is “from the hare's meadow.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “from the hare's meadow.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1884. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Arley through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,546
- 3,648 boys · 898 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 126 babies
- 2025
- 126
- #1,755 for boys · #4,183 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +15%
- Rising
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 68% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 92 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,755 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 17.0% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 34 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (23). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,414 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Arley’s family of names
Arley has a related form in Arlie. Arley has a related form in Arly. Arley has a related form in Arlee.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Arley
- Arley DinasColombian association football playerborn 1974
- ArleyBrazilian association football playerborn 1986
- Arley MéndezChilean world champion weightlifterborn 1993
- Arley RodríguezColombian association football playerborn 1993
- Arley BetancourthColombian association football playerborn 1975
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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