# Blakely (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/blakely/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Blakeley |
| US babies named this | 22,036 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,234 / 20,802 (94% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 302, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Variant of Blakeley.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 278 | 929 |
| 2012 | 544 | 546 |
| 2013 | 683 | 450 |
| 2014 | 777 | 412 |
| 2015 | 921 | 357 |
| 2016 | 1,178 | 270 |
| 2017 | 1,230 | 259 |
| 2018 | 1,308 | 250 |
| 2019 | 1,609 | 183 |
| 2020 | 1,713 | 167 |
| 2021 | 1,837 | 156 |
| 2022 | 1,737 | 167 |
| 2023 | 1,860 | 156 |
| 2024 | 1,892 | 158 |
| 2025 | 1,638 | 191 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 30 | 3,520 |
| 2012 | 30 | 3,541 |
| 2013 | 26 | 3,873 |
| 2014 | 24 | 4,154 |
| 2015 | 21 | 4,564 |
| 2016 | 20 | 4,798 |
| 2017 | 18 | 5,128 |
| 2018 | 10 | 7,698 |
| 2019 | 17 | 5,379 |
| 2020 | 21 | 4,555 |
| 2021 | 15 | 5,801 |
| 2022 | 14 | 6,193 |
| 2023 | 13 | 6,585 |
| 2024 | 13 | 6,514 |
| 2025 | 8 | 9,030 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,583 |
| 2018 | 7 | 3,178 |
| 2019 | 12 | 2,170 |
| 2020 | 16 | 1,773 |
| 2021 | 13 | 2,073 |
| 2022 | 16 | 1,767 |
| 2023 | 22 | 1,410 |
| 2024 | 36 | 980 |
| 2025 | 22 | 1,407 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 8 | 2,390 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,458 |
| 2013 | 9 | 2,216 |
| 2014 | 6 | 2,964 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,483 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2017 | 4 | 3,996 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,011 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,013 |
| 2020 | 13 | 1,723 |
| 2021 | 14 | 1,688 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2,320 |
| 2023 | 14 | 1,701 |
| 2024 | 26 | 1,108 |
| 2025 | 15 | 1,705 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.