Blakely
- #191 for girls in 2025, 1,638 births
- #8,910 for boys in 2025, 8 births
- Given to girls 94.4% of the time
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- Peak · girls
- 2023 · 1,860 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 20,802since 1969
Blakely over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #191 | 1,638 | #8,910 | 8 |
| 2024 | #158 | 1,892 | #6,469 | 13 |
| 2023 | #156 | 1,860 | #6,517 | 13 |
| 2022 | #167 | 1,737 | #6,147 | 14 |
| 2021 | #156 | 1,837 | #5,776 | 15 |
| 2020 | #167 | 1,713 | #4,540 | 21 |
| 2019 | #183 | 1,609 | #5,340 | 17 |
| 2018 | #250 | 1,308 | #7,617 | 10 |
| 2017 | #259 | 1,230 | #5,111 | 18 |
| 2016 | #270 | 1,178 | #4,776 | 20 |
| 2015 | #357 | 921 | #4,545 | 21 |
| 2014 | #412 | 777 | #4,138 | 24 |
| 2013 | #450 | 683 | #3,864 | 26 |
| 2012 | #546 | 544 | #3,530 | 30 |
| 2011 | #929 | 278 | #3,510 | 30 |
| 2010 | #1,075 | 231 | #4,517 | 21 |
| 2009 | #1,353 | 176 | #6,095 | 14 |
| 2008 | #2,092 | 97 | #4,714 | 20 |
| 2007 | #2,568 | 72 | #4,011 | 25 |
| 2006 | #2,701 | 66 | #5,072 | 17 |
| 2005 | #2,756 | 60 | #5,578 | 14 |
| 2004 | #2,808 | 57 | #5,007 | 16 |
| 2003 | #2,885 | 53 | #4,114 | 20 |
| 2002 | #2,976 | 49 | #4,322 | 18 |
| 2001 | #2,635 | 57 | #3,143 | 28 |
| 2000 | #2,593 | 57 | #3,219 | 26 |
| 1999 | #3,313 | 38 | #2,608 | 33 |
| 1998 | #3,648 | 32 | #3,390 | 22 |
| 1997 | #2,874 | 42 | #2,750 | 28 |
| 1996 | #3,028 | 39 | #3,021 | 24 |
| 1995 | #3,285 | 34 | #2,762 | 26 |
| 1994 | #3,168 | 36 | #3,215 | 21 |
| 1993 | #2,768 | 43 | #2,697 | 26 |
| 1992 | #3,144 | 36 | #2,467 | 29 |
| 1991 | #3,633 | 29 | #2,989 | 21 |
| 1990 | #4,380 | 22 | #1,587 | 52 |
| 1989 | #2,769 | 40 | #2,902 | 21 |
| 1988 | #2,867 | 36 | #2,599 | 22 |
| 1987 | #3,983 | 21 | #1,974 | 31 |
| 1986 | #4,724 | 16 | #2,891 | 17 |
| 1985 | #4,126 | 19 | #2,226 | 24 |
| 1984 | #4,478 | 16 | #2,232 | 23 |
| 1983 | #5,457 | 12 | #1,955 | 27 |
| 1982 | #4,527 | 16 | #1,734 | 33 |
| 1981 | #5,254 | 13 | #2,038 | 26 |
| 1980 | #4,327 | 17 | #2,617 | 18 |
| 1979 | #5,427 | 12 | #3,569 | 11 |
| 1978 | #4,242 | 16 | #3,400 | 11 |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 | #2,791 | 15 |
| 1976 | #5,601 | 10 | #4,418 | 7 |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 | #3,428 | 10 |
| 1974 | — | #3,318 | 10 | |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | #3,694 | 8 |
| 1972 | — | #3,344 | 9 | |
| 1971 | — | #4,375 | 6 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,836 | 7 | |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 | #2,861 | 10 |
| 1968 | — | #4,136 | 5 | |
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| 1966 | — | #2,986 | 8 | |
| 1965 | — | #3,930 | 5 | |
| 1964 | — | #3,282 | 7 | |
| 1963 | — | #3,318 | 7 | |
| 1962 | — | #3,041 | 8 | |
| 1961 | — | #3,356 | 7 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,871 | 9 | |
| 1959 | — | #3,988 | 5 | |
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| 1957 | — | #3,552 | 6 | |
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| 1955 | — | #3,505 | 6 | |
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| 1949 | — | #3,298 | 6 | |
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| 1939 | — | #3,480 | 5 | |
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| 1923 | — | #3,822 | 6 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,872 | 6 | |
| 1921 | — | #4,322 | 5 | |
| 1920 | — | #3,815 | 6 | |
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First appearance
1969
The first year at least five girls were named Blakely! It came in at #7,471, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1969–1974, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Blakely is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | #43 | 56 | 1 in 264 |
| Arkansas | #44 | 43 | 1 in 246 |
| Alabama | #46 | 67 | 1 in 273 |
| Idaho | #58 | 28 | 1 in 256 |
| Montana | #62 | 13 | 1 in 217 |
| Kansas | #77 | 36 | 1 in 328 |
| Iowa | #78 | 36 | 1 in 327 |
| Wyoming | #79 | 5 | 1 in 162 |
| North Dakota | #80 | 11 | 1 in 245 |
| Utah | #80 | 51 | 1 in 335 |
| Mississippi | #86 | 25 | 1 in 356 |
| Nebraska | #90 | 22 | 1 in 323 |
| Kentucky | #92 | 45 | 1 in 383 |
| Missouri | #95 | 59 | 1 in 412 |
| Georgia | #96 | 89 | 1 in 508 |
| South Carolina | #109 | 39 | 1 in 469 |
| West Virginia | #116 | 13 | 1 in 390 |
| Louisiana | #117 | 35 | 1 in 468 |
| Alaska | #134 | 5 | 1 in 331 |
| Indiana | #135 | 49 | 1 in 570 |
| Tennessee | #139 | 53 | 1 in 605 |
| Wisconsin | #139 | 38 | 1 in 533 |
| Oregon | #144 | 24 | 1 in 544 |
| Minnesota | #145 | 37 | 1 in 581 |
| Michigan | #157 | 54 | 1 in 662 |
| Ohio | #164 | 66 | 1 in 716 |
| Arizona | #166 | 38 | 1 in 743 |
| Washington | #176 | 41 | 1 in 704 |
| South Dakota | #188 | 6 | 1 in 509 |
| North Carolina | #192 | 56 | 1 in 830 |
| Colorado | #223 | 28 | 1 in 833 |
| Illinois | #240 | 43 | 1 in 1,031 |
| Texas | #251 | 138 | 1 in 1,163 |
| Florida | #253 | 75 | 1 in 1,157 |
| Maryland | #269 | 19 | 1 in 1,052 |
| Virginia | #272 | 30 | 1 in 1,125 |
| Pennsylvania | #277 | 39 | 1 in 1,197 |
| Nevada | #374 | 7 | 1 in 1,314 |
| New York | #585 | 28 | 1 in 2,797 |
| California | #607 | 52 | 1 in 3,110 |
| Massachusetts | #624 | 8 | 1 in 3,004 |
| New Jersey | #718 | 10 | 1 in 3,550 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Blakely
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 24 spots since 2020 (#167 → #191)
- 166 spots since 2015 (#357 → #191)
- Biggest jump: 383 spots in 2012
- Biggest drop: 33 spots in 2025
Rise & fade · girls
54 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1969
- Peaked 2023 at #156 (1,860 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 15 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 15 yrs · run 2011–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 856
- Highest: 1 in 856 girls born in 2024 were named Blakely (0.12%)
- Latest: 1 in 981 girls born in 2025 (0.10%)
- Its best rank, #156 in 2023, was only 1 in 863 (0.12%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2020s
- 51.3% of all girls named Blakely (10,677) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1991
- Mostly boys until 1990, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5 | #7,471 (1969) | #7,471 |
| 1970s | 60 | #4,242 (1978) | #6,129 |
| 1980s | 206 | #2,769 (1989) | #4,251 |
| 1990s | 351 | #2,768 (1993) | #3,324 |
| 2000s | 744 | #1,353 (2009) | #2,537 |
| 2010s | 8,759 | #183 (2019) | #473 |
| 2020s | 10,677 | #156 (2023) | #166 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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