Blakelee
Blakelee was the 2124th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 88 babies. Its best year was 2019, when it ranked 1730th with 120 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 499 places. More babies were named Blakelee in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Blakely) black clearing (place name) · Old English
- Rank in 2025
- #2,124 girls, down 292 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 88girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2019120 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,418babies recorded
What does the name Blakelee mean?
Blakelee is a spelling of Blakely, pronounced the same way, so it shares Blakely's meaning and origin.
Blakely is a variant of Blakeley, an English surname from several small places. Wiktionary derives it from Old English blaec, 'black, dark', and leah, 'woodland clearing', so a dark clearing. As a first name it is a recent American transfer, used for both girls and boys, and Wikipedia lists several US places called Blakely. Blake, a related surname, has the same uncertainty between 'black' and 'pale'.
blæc (Old English, “black, dark”)lēah (Old English, “woodland clearing”)
How sure is this? Probable. Old English blæc 'black' and blāc 'pale' look alike in place names, so the first element can be ambiguous.
Related names: Blakeley, Blake, Blakelee.
See also: English names, names that mean meadow, hill or valley, names from places.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Blakely', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
- Wiktionary, entry 'Blakeley', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
- Wikipedia, 'Blakely', Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
Blakelee popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 33 since 2001.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,124 | 88 |
| 2020 | #1,832 | 107 |
| 2010 | #6,009 | 22 |
| 2000 | #13,394 | 6 |
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How popular is Blakelee, counting every spelling?
Blakelee is a spelling of Blakely, a name family that ranked #194 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #2,124 for Blakelee on its own. Together these spellings went to 1,795 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blakely | 1,638 | #191 | 8,964 |
| Blakelee | 88 | #2,124 | 508 |
| Blakeley | 69 | #2,547 | 345 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Blakelee?
88 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Blakelee (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Blakelee born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 95 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Blakelee.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Blakelee?
About 1,400 people born in the US named Blakelee are alive today, with a median age of 7; half are between 4 and 12. That makes Blakelee a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Blakelee by state
How common Blakelee was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Arkansas (7.5×), Oklahoma (5.2×), Tennessee (2.6×), Georgia (1.8×). In 37 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Blakelee: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Blakelee, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Blakelee
What does Blakelee mean?
Blakelee is a spelling of Blakely, which means “black clearing (place name)” (Old English origin). Certainty: probable.
How popular is the name Blakelee?
Blakelee was the 2124th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 88 babies. Its best year was 2019, when it ranked 1730th with 120 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 499 places. More babies were named Blakelee in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Blakelee a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Blakelee in the US.
Where is Blakelee most popular?
In 2021–2025, Blakelee was most common in Arkansas (0.47 per 1,000 girls), followed by Oklahoma and Tennessee.