Blakeley
Blakeley was the 2547th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 69 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 2033rd with 96 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 69 places. More babies were named Blakeley in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Blakely) black clearing (place name) · Old English
- Rank in 2025
- #2,547 girls, up 142 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 69girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202496 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,453babies recorded
What does the name Blakeley mean?
Blakeley 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
Blakeley popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 102 since 1976.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,547 | 69 |
| 2020 | #2,689 | 62 |
| 2010 | #6,214 | 21 |
| 2000 | #7,224 | 14 |
| 1990 | #4,715 | 20 |
| 1980 | — | — |
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| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Blakeley, counting every spelling?
Blakeley is a spelling of Blakely, a name family that ranked #194 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #2,547 for Blakeley 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 Blakeley?
69 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Blakeley (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Blakeley 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 122 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Blakeley.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Blakeley?
About 1,300 people born in the US named Blakeley are alive today, with a median age of 10; half are between 5 and 17. That makes Blakeley 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.
Blakeley by state
How common Blakeley was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 43 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 Blakeley: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Blakeley, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Blakeley
What does Blakeley mean?
Blakeley is a spelling of Blakely, which means “black clearing (place name)” (Old English origin). Certainty: probable.
How popular is the name Blakeley?
Blakeley was the 2547th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 69 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 2033rd with 96 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 69 places. More babies were named Blakeley in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Blakeley a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Blakeley in the US.
Where is Blakeley most popular?
In 2021–2025, Blakeley was most common in Alabama (0.18 per 1,000 girls), followed by Mississippi and Kentucky.