Berkeley

Where Berkeley comes from

From Old English beorc (“birch”) + leah (“meadow, leigh”). Equivalent to birch + -ley (“lea”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Berkeley
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Berkeley through the years
  1. 1923
    First appearance
    #4,967 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1984
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
  3. 2017
    Peak, #1,761
    119 babies named Berkeley, the most in any year.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes

We look up famous namesakes for names that have made the top 1,000. Berkeley hasn't yet.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.