Conley

Meaning: Possibly "faithful to pledges"
Origin: Irish — Irish surname origin

Boy's name · #2521 in the US (2025) · Vintage

Popularity over time

Conley is an heirloom: its strongest era came around 1905, when it ranked #709. It has thinned since but never left the records — about 4,100 boys since 1882, ranked #2521 today.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 3 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Conleys

Conley Byrd — American judge (1925–2014)
Conley E. Greear — American politician (died 1966)
Conley Snidow — American football and basketball coach and college athletics administrator (1916–2007)

As a surname

It is also an American family name — about 56,000 people carried it as a surname in the 2010 census.

Darlene Conley — American actress (1934–2007)
Joe Conley — American actor (1928–2013)
William Henry Conley — American industrialist, and first president of Zion's Watch Tower Tract Society (1840–1897)

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