girls:
1.2k births since 1988
#4533 (21st percentile)
boys:
33 births since 2001
#4553 (1st percentile)
overall:
1.2k births since 1988
#6522 (16th percentile)
The name Blakelee is the #6,522 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,218 recorded births since 1988. This represents the 15.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 15.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,533 (20.7% percentile) for all time with 1,185 births since 1988. For boys, it ranks #4,553 (0.7% percentile) for all time with 33 births since 2001.
Blakelee first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1988 (1988 for girls and 2001 for boys). Birth data for Blakelee is available in 35 out of the 36 years between 1988 and 2023 (34 years for girls and 6 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Blakelee has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 97.3% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Blakelee reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 12.2% percentile (ranked #830) with 65 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 65 births per million (ranked 12.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2008, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Blakelee is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #839 (11.4% percentile) with 65 births per million.
For boys, Blakelee reached its peak popularity in 2014, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #901) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2014, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Blakelee".
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