girls:
1.2k births since 1977
#4533 (21st percentile)
boys:
102 births since 1976
#4484 (2nd percentile)
overall:
1.3k births since 1976
#6455 (17th percentile)
The name Blakeley is the #6,455 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,287 recorded births since 1976. This represents the 16.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 16.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,533 (20.7% percentile) for all time with 1,185 births since 1977. For boys, it ranks #4,484 (2.2% percentile) for all time with 102 births since 1976.
Blakeley first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1976 (1976 for boys and 1977 for girls). Birth data for Blakeley is available in 45 out of the 48 years between 1976 and 2023 (40 years for girls and 17 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 Blakeley has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 92.1% of all recorded births being female. Interestingly, until around 1977, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1976 to 1976), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (92.4% girls from 1977 to 2023).
For girls, Blakeley reached its peak popularity in 2018, achieving the 9.1% percentile (ranked #874) with 49 births per million. The name was most common in 2018, with 49 births per million (ranked 9.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Blakeley ranks #884 for girls (6.7% percentile) with 39 births per million, which is 78.6% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Blakeley reached its peak popularity in 1984, achieving the 0.6% percentile (ranked #684) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1984, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.6% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2015.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Blakeley".
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