How rare is the name Blakely?

10,127 people in the United States have the first name Blakely, about 1 in 29,824. It ranks #2,448 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

BLAKELY

#2,448

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
10,127
About
1 in 29,824
This common or more
79.8%
Who bears it

Of the 10,127 people named Blakely, 88.6% reported their origin as White, 4.5% as two or more races and 4% as Hispanic or Latino. 91.8% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Blakely peaked in 2024, when 1,905 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19202025
Peak year
2024
Births that year
1,905
In 2025*
1,646 ▼14%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 22,036 babies have been given the name since 1920. 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.

Blakely by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #379. The largest share of babies named Blakely, 84.4%, were born in 2013 or later.

1920s#9,76523
1930s#11,9535
1940s#11,8886
1950s#11,26017
1960s#7,70371
1970s#6,309154
1980s#3,688448
1990s#3,639633
2000s#3,473942
2010s#7298,976
2020s#37910,761
Greatest Generation 1901–270.1%
Silent Generation 1928–450%
Baby boom 1946–640.3%
Generation X 1965–801%
Millennials 1981–963.9%
Generation Z 1997–1210.3%
2013 and later84.4%

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 Blakely is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Blakely has been most common in Utah (4.1×), Idaho (3.6×), and Arkansas (3×), and least common in New Jersey (0.11×).

19,687 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 Blakely

#2,446 Evelin · 10,132#2,446 Iker · 10,132#2,449 Lennon · 10,125#2,450 Oakley · 10,116

Spelled almost the same

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

#12,159 Blakeley · 1,032#14,982 Blakelee · 776#16,344 Blakelyn · 692#17,303 Blakley · 640

Also a last name

As a last name, Blakely ranks #3,121 of 156,621, with 11,257 people. See Blakely as a last name

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