Berley
Chumming is the blue water fishing practice of throwing meat-based groundbait called "chum" into the water in order to lure various marine animals to a designated fishing ground, so the target animals are more easily caught by hooking or spearing.
Meaning & Origin of Berley
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Chumming is the blue water fishing practice of throwing meat-based groundbait called "chum" into the water in order to lure various marine animals to a designated fishing ground, so the target animals are more easily caught by hooking or spearing.
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The Story of Berley
Berley first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1915, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1926: 9 births, good for #2,904 nationwide. About 33% of every Berley on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Berley last appeared in the published SSA data in 1984, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 131 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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About the name Berley
Berley is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1915 and has accumulated 131 births in the dataset. Berley's peak popularity came in 1926 when it ranked #2,904. Use the chart and map above to compare Berley's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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