Given name & surname
Conley
“one who is pure; chaste”
Conley is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “one who is pure; chaste.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “one who is pure; chaste.”
How it developed
In English usage, Conley developed from Ó Conghalaigh.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1882. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Conley through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,661
- 4,061 boys · 600 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 115 babies
- 2025
- 99
- #2,521 for boys · #3,351 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +12%
- Rising
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 63% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 53 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,521 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 2.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 77 in 2011. It also appeared in 46 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, Tennessee had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,551 as a first name in 2020; 53,274 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Conley’s family of names
In English usage, Conley shares an earlier linguistic root with CONNOLLY. Conley has a related form in Conlea. Conley has a related form in Conlee.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Conley has relatives in 28 languages. Lines run from its Irish roots to each of them.
Irishwhere Conley comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Conleevariant · English
- Connleylikely variant
- Conleighvariant
- Connollyvariant · English
- Conlyvariant · English
- Conleavariant
- Conlivariant
- Conlievariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 29
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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