Girls' name · peaked in 2024
Blakely name popularity since 1925
22,013 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Blakely (94.5% girls, 5.5% boys). Half of them were born in 2019 or earlier, so the typical Blakely is about 7 years old in 2026. Blakely peaked in 2024 as the #158 name for girls, and it ranked #191 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 22,013
- Named Blakely, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #191
- for girls in 2025 (1,638 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 94.5% girls
- 20,802 girls · 1,211 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 3.93× its national share
Peak year is the year Blakely made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Blakely births per year, 1925–2025
2024 was the biggest year for Blakely both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 2009 and 2014, Blakely became 4.5× more common, from 1 in 10,400 baby girls to 1 in 2,300.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Blakely's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Blakely.
Decade by decade
Babies named Blakely in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 5 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 6 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | 17 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 5 | 66 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 60 | 94 | #5,562 |
| 1980s | 206 | 242 | #4,141 |
| 1990s | 351 | 282 | #3,294 |
| 2000s | 744 | 198 | #2,763 |
| 2010s | 8,759 | 217 | #357 |
| 2020–25 | 10,677 | 84 | #191 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
84.5% of babies named Blakely from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Blakely is most popular
The index compares Blakely's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Blakely.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 3.93× | 667 |
| Arkansas | 3.19× | 652 |
| Oklahoma | 3.07× | 797 |
| Alabama | 2.80× | 985 |
| Georgia | 2.45× | 1,351 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Blakely and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Blakely (this page) | 20,802 | 2024 |
| Blakelee | 1,385 | 2019 |
| Blakeley | 1,351 | 2024 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Blakely's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Blakely.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Blakely (2024).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data