girls:
644 births since 1987
#5072 (11th percentile)
boys:
49 births since 1963
#4537 (1st percentile)
overall:
693 births since 1963
#7046 (9th percentile)
The name Blakley is the #7,046 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 693 recorded births since 1963. This represents the 8.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,072 (11.2% percentile) for all time with 644 births since 1987. For boys, it ranks #4,537 (1.0% percentile) for all time with 49 births since 1963.
Blakley first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1963 (1963 for boys and 1987 for girls). Birth data for Blakley is available in 38 out of the 61 years between 1963 and 2023 (32 years for girls and 9 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 Blakley has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 92.9% of all recorded births being female. Interestingly, until around 1993, the name was more popular for boys (65.3% boys from 1963 to 1992), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (97.4% girls from 1993 to 2023).
For girls, Blakley reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 6.4% percentile (ranked #876) with 36 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 36 births per million (ranked 6.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2008, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Blakley ranks #895 for girls (5.5% percentile) with 33 births per million, which is 89.8% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Blakley reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #753) with 2 births per million. The name was most common in 1996, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1996.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Blakley".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Blakley. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 65.9% confident that Blakley is pronounced as BLAYK-lee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is BLAK-lee, at 34.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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