How rare is the name Berkley?

4,635 people in the United States have the first name Berkley, about 1 in 65,163. It ranks #4,141 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

BERKLEY

#4,141

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,635
About
1 in 65,163
This common or more
83.6%
Who bears it

Of the 4,635 people named Berkley, 86.7% reported their origin as White, 5.2% as Black and 3.9% as two or more races. 73.2% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Berkley peaked in 2021, when 389 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18912025
Peak year
2021
Births that year
389
In 2025*
334 ▼14%
Recorded as
mostly female

At least 7,712 babies have been given the name since 1891. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Berkley by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,474. The largest share of babies named Berkley, 54.2%, were born in 2013 or later.

1890s#3,9395
1900s#3,90015
1910s#3,156155
1920s#3,166231
1930s#2,904224
1940s#3,761165
1950s#4,199179
1960s#5,758123
1970s#7,529117
1980s#7,532155
1990s#5,431350
2000s#3,1881,065
2010s#1,7802,748
2020s#1,4742,180
Before 19010.1%
Greatest Generation 1901–274.6%
Silent Generation 1928–454.7%
Baby boom 1946–644.1%
Generation X 1965–802.4%
Millennials 1981–964.5%
Generation Z 1997–1225.4%
2013 and later54.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Berkley is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Berkley has been most common in Utah (7×), South Dakota (5.4×), and Nebraska (5.2×), and least common in California (0.14×).

4,425 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Berkley

#4,138 Lyubov · 4,637#4,138 Rihanna · 4,637#4,142 Ananya · 4,634#4,142 Charlize · 4,634

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Berkley, most common first.

#7,232 Berkeley · 2,130#14,140 Berklee · 839

Also a last name

As a last name, Berkley ranks #7,162 of 156,621, with 4,498 people. See Berkley as a last name

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