Corley
Corley is a village and civil parish in the North Warwickshire district of Warwickshire, England. The population at the 2021 census was 810. It is located about 8.5 kilometres (5.3 mi) northwest of Coventry and 3.25 kilometres (2.02 mi) southeast of the village of Fillongley. The M6 motorway runs close by, and the area is familiar to motorists as it is the site of Corley Services.
Meaning & Origin of Corley
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Corley is a village and civil parish in the North Warwickshire district of Warwickshire, England. The population at the 2021 census was 810. It is located about 8.5 kilometres (5.3 mi) northwest of Coventry and 3.25 kilometres (2.02 mi) southeast of the village of Fillongley. The M6 motorway runs close by, and the area is familiar to motorists as it is the site of Corley Services.
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The Story of Corley
As a girl name
Corley first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1976, with 6 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2011, when 18 Corleys were born — ranking #6,855 that year. As of 2026, Corley ranks #11,156 for girls with 8 births, with steady use. In total, more than 360 Corleys have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
As a boy name
Corley first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1917, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1921, when 9 Corleys were born — ranking #2,986 that year. As of 2026, Corley ranks #12,243 for boys with 5 births, with steady use. In total, more than 255 Corleys have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
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About the name Corley
Corley is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1976 and has accumulated 360 births in the dataset. Corley's peak popularity came in 2011 when it ranked #6,855. Use the chart and map above to compare Corley'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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