Berkley
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- BERK-lee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #887 for girls
Berkley is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “birch tree clearing”. In 2025 it ranked 887th for girls in the US (301 babies).
What does Berkley mean?
English: spelling of Berkeley, an English place name and surname
“birch tree clearing”
A spelling of Berkeley, an English place name from Old English beorc, 'birch', and leah, 'clearing'.
Is Berkley a girl's or a boy's name?
Berkley is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 301 girls and 33 boys in the US.
How popular is Berkley in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #887among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 301about 1 in 5,300 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 301 girls in the US were named Berkley, making it the 887th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 822nd. Its busiest year was 2021, with 354 girls. It first appears in the records in 1952. 33 boys were also named Berkley in 2025 (3,449th for boys).
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Berkley than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Berkley in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 434 girls in the US were given Berkley or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #664, up from #887 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 70% of the babies named Berkley in the US in 1994, and 90% in 2025.
Berkley in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 301 | #887 |
| 2024 | 307 | #878 |
| 2023 | 327 | #837 |
| 2022 | 340 | #822 |
| 2021 | 354 | #798 |
| 2020 | 331 | #822 |
| 2019 | 261 | #988 |
| 2018 | 281 | #946 |
| 2017 | 211 | #1,165 |
| 2016 | 229 | #1,110 |
| 2015 | 243 | #1,079 |
| 2014 | 238 | #1,074 |
| 2013 | 234 | #1,062 |
| 2012 | 223 | #1,111 |
| 2011 | 217 | #1,127 |
| 2010 | 193 | #1,244 |
| 2009 | 163 | #1,432 |
| 2008 | 135 | #1,657 |
| 2007 | 134 | #1,655 |
| 2006 | 124 | #1,691 |
| 2005 | 73 | #2,403 |
| 2004 | 61 | #2,675 |
| 2003 | 62 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 38 | #3,519 |
| 2001 | 48 | #2,959 |
| 2000 | 36 | #3,586 |
| 1999 | 38 | #3,310 |
| 1998 | 38 | #3,219 |
| 1997 | 26 | #4,122 |
| 1996 | 32 | #3,500 |
| 1995 | 26 | #3,964 |
| 1994 | 28 | #3,785 |
| 1993 | 16 | #5,667 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,645 |
| 1991 | 14 | #6,247 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
| 1989 | 12 | #6,525 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 12 | #5,918 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 12 | #5,538 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,210 |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,257 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 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 | 5 | #5,561 |
Names like Berkley
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hadley Presley Kinsley Marley Oakley Blakely Harley Bailey Riley Journey Paisley Lainey
Other spellings of Berkley
Names related to Berkley
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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, “Berkley: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/berkley, updated 20 October 2026.