Blakeley
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- BLAYK-lee
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,542 for girls
Blakeley is a name of English origin, meaning “dark or pale clearing”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 2,542nd for girls in the US (69 babies).
What does Blakeley mean?
English: spelling of Blakely, an English surname from place names
“dark or pale clearing”
From English place names joining Old English blaec 'dark' or blac 'pale' with leah, 'woodland clearing'.
Is Blakeley a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Blakeley has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 69 girls in the US.
How popular is Blakeley in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2024, with 7 girls. 7 boys were also named Blakeley in 2025 (3,021st for boys).
Blakeley in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
How popular is Blakeley in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,542among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 69about 1 in 23,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 69 girls in the US were named Blakeley, making it the 2,542nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,682nd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 96 girls. It first appears in the records in 1977.
Half of all the girls named Blakeley in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,984 girls in the US were given Blakeley or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #183, up from #2,542 for this spelling alone.
Blakeley in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 69 | #2,542 |
| 2024 | 96 | #2,033 |
| 2023 | 69 | #2,555 |
| 2022 | 53 | #3,073 |
| 2021 | 58 | #2,892 |
| 2020 | 62 | #2,682 |
| 2019 | 75 | #2,376 |
| 2018 | 92 | #2,084 |
| 2017 | 54 | #3,014 |
| 2016 | 61 | #2,798 |
| 2015 | 73 | #2,471 |
| 2014 | 49 | #3,270 |
| 2013 | 63 | #2,725 |
| 2012 | 76 | #2,426 |
| 2011 | 26 | #5,205 |
| 2010 | 21 | #6,180 |
| 2009 | 22 | #6,088 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 18 | #7,088 |
| 2006 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 16 | #6,068 |
| 1997 | 20 | #5,006 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 16 | #5,672 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 20 | #4,820 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 17 | #5,393 |
| 1990 | 20 | #4,689 |
| 1989 | 15 | #5,539 |
| 1988 | 11 | #6,661 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,396 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
Nicknames for Blakeley
- Blake 489 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Blakeley
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Briar Kenley Kinsley Brynlee Riley Bailey Kinley Finley Berkley Oakley Lainey Teagan
Other spellings of Blakeley
Blakely Blakeleigh Blakelee Blakley Blakleigh Blaklee Blayklee
More English names
Lily Evelyn Hudson Ivy Harper Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie Hazel Carter
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Blakeley: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/blakeley, updated 20 October 2026.