Berkeley
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- BERK-lee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #2,485 for girls
Berkeley is a name of English origin, meaning “birch tree clearing”. In 2025 it ranked 2,485th for girls in the US (71 babies).
What does Berkeley mean?
English: English place name and surname
“birch tree clearing”
Berkeley, California, is named after the 18th-century Irish philosopher George Berkeley.
Is Berkeley a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Berkeley has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 71 girls and 10 boys in the US.
How popular is Berkeley in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,485among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 71about 1 in 23,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 71 girls in the US were named Berkeley, making it the 2,485th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,908th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 119 girls. It first appears in the records in 1923. 10 boys were also named Berkeley in 2025 (7,675th for boys).
2025 had fewer girls named Berkeley than any year since 2009.
Half of all the girls named Berkeley in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 434 girls in the US were given Berkeley or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #664, up from #2,485 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 58% of the babies named Berkeley in the US in 1998, and 88% in 2025.
Berkeley in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 71 | #2,485 |
| 2024 | 76 | #2,389 |
| 2023 | 81 | #2,269 |
| 2022 | 80 | #2,319 |
| 2021 | 89 | #2,119 |
| 2020 | 100 | #1,908 |
| 2019 | 98 | #1,971 |
| 2018 | 115 | #1,774 |
| 2017 | 119 | #1,761 |
| 2016 | 117 | #1,775 |
| 2015 | 108 | #1,883 |
| 2014 | 85 | #2,213 |
| 2013 | 84 | #2,211 |
| 2012 | 77 | #2,401 |
| 2011 | 88 | #2,156 |
| 2010 | 76 | #2,451 |
| 2009 | 56 | #3,046 |
| 2008 | 56 | #3,053 |
| 2007 | 48 | #3,428 |
| 2006 | 43 | #3,616 |
| 2005 | 45 | #3,362 |
| 2004 | 30 | #4,488 |
| 2003 | 24 | #5,087 |
| 2002 | 21 | #5,440 |
| 2001 | 29 | #4,205 |
| 2000 | 22 | #5,146 |
| 1999 | 19 | #5,418 |
| 1998 | 19 | #5,359 |
| 1997 | 20 | #5,006 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
| 1995 | 18 | #5,216 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,257 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,423 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 11 | #6,949 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,330 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,153 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,966 |
Names like Berkeley
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Bailey Riley Kinsley Blakely Hadley Oakley Presley Marley Harley Briar Lainey Finley
Other spellings of Berkeley
More English names
Lily Evelyn Hudson Ivy Harper Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie Hazel Carter
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Berkeley: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/berkeley, updated 20 October 2026.