UK boy's name
Sorley
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2024. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Sorley is a boy's name in the UK records. People looking for Sorley popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2024 in this profile. In that release it ranked #4270, with 4 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2024, with 4 births.
This profile covers 4 England and Wales registrations across 1 recorded years from 2024 to 2024. The figures come from ONS England and Wales and NRS Scotland, so the page is a view of published baby-name registrations rather than a forecast or a live count of people using the name today.
Sorley is at its recorded peak in the England and Wales series.
We estimate that about 114 living people in the UK are called Sorley. This uses published birth registrations from England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, then applies ONS national life tables to estimate how many are likely still alive. It does not forecast extra births for 2025 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Sorley ranked #4270 for boys in England and Wales in 2024, with 4 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2024, when 4 boys were registered as Sorley.
- • Sorley ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #404 in 2024.
- • About 114 living people in the UK are estimated to have Sorley as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#4270
2024
Births in 2024
4
Latest year
Peak year
2024
4 births
Estimated living
114
2026
Decades
Sorley by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Sorley was a short-lived spike or a name that stayed in regular use. Average rank is calculated only from years where a published rank exists.
| Decade | Average rank | Total births | Years covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020s | #4270 | 4 | 1 |
Geography
Where Sorley is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Sorley. They are useful for spotting where the name is showing up in real numbers, while the rank beside each bar shows how strongly it performs inside that region.
Sorley ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #404 in 2024.
Across the UK
Sorley in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#404 in 2024
18 years of NRS records, 111 total registered
Related
Names similar to Sorley
- Samuel 108,505
- Sebastian 33,008
- Sam 20,889
- Stanley 16,354
- Sonny 15,028
- Sean 15,006
- Scott 12,587
- Seth 9,841
- Syed 9,050
- Stephen 8,884
- Spencer 8,333
- Steven 6,970
FAQ
Sorley: questions and answers
How popular is the name Sorley in the UK right now?
In 2024, Sorley was ranked #4270 for boys in England and Wales, with 4 births registered.
When was Sorley most popular?
The peak year on record was 2024, with 4 babies registered as Sorley in England and Wales.
How many people are called Sorley in the UK?
A total of 4 babies have been registered as Sorley across the 1 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 111 more in Scotland.
Where is Sorley most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Sorley ranks best in Scotland, where it placed #404 in 2024. The regional bars on this page use birth counts, so they also reflect the size of each region.
Which records is this page based on?
The England and Wales timeline uses ONS baby-name records. Scotland figures come from NRS and Northern Ireland figures come from NISRA. Counts are registrations in published baby-name files. The living estimate uses those birth registrations with ONS national life tables.