Blakely Girl
How popular is Blakely?
#191 girl name in 2025
1,638 baby girls were named Blakely in the US in 2025, making it the 191st most popular girl name. Another 8 boys got the name (#8,906 for boys).
Blakely popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #191 for girls (▼ 33 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,638 girls, 8 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+78% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #357 in 2015, #167 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2024 (1,892 girls) |
| Highest rank | #156 in 2021 (2 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1969 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 1% boys, 99% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Blakely counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Blakely family of names ranked #168 for girls in 2025 (#147 the year before), with 1,993 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Blakely | 1,638 | 82% |
| Blakelee | 88 | 4% |
| Blakeleigh | 90 | 5% |
| Blakeley | 69 | 3% |
| Blakley | 60 | 3% |
| Blayklee | 10 | 1% |
| Blakleigh | 16 | 1% |
| Blaklee | 13 | 1% |
| Blaikley | 9 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Blakely is most popular
Babies named Blakely per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Wyoming: 6.3 per 1,000 (27 girls)
- North Dakota: 4.6 per 1,000 (61 girls)
- Arkansas: 4.3 per 1,000 (228 girls)
- Montana: 4.0 per 1,000 (54 girls)
- Idaho: 3.9 per 1,000 (131 girls)
Blakely by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1970s | 60 | #4,242 |
| 1980s | 206 | #2,763 |
| 1990s | 351 | #2,763 |
| 2000s | 744 | #1,353 |
| 2010s | 8,759 | #183 |
| 2020s | 10,677 | #156 |
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Questions
- Is Blakely a boy or girl name?
- Blakely is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 99% of babies named Blakely were girls.
- How popular is the name Blakely?
- 1,638 baby girls were named Blakely in the US in 2025, making it the 191st most popular girl name. Another 8 boys got the name (#8,906 for boys).
- When was Blakely most popular?
- Blakely peaked in 2024, when 1,892 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #156, held for 2 years starting in 2021.
- How many people are named Blakely?
- 22,036 babies have been named Blakely in the US since 1880. We estimate about 21,864 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 7.
- Where is Blakely most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Blakely was most common in Wyoming, at 6.3 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.