Stokely
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- STOHK-lee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Stokely is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Stokely mean?
English: English place-name surname
An English surname; Stokely Carmichael was a leader of the 1960s civil rights and Black Power movements.
Is Stokely a girl's or a boy's name?
Stokely is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Stokely in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Stokely, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 2013.
2025 had fewer boys named Stokely than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Stokely in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Stokely in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 19 | #5,063 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 17 | #5,336 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,784 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
Nicknames for Stokely
- Stoke
Names like Stokely
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Shepherd Saint Sevyn Stetson Bellamy Wilder Wylder Oakley Archer Huxley Baker Beckett
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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, “Stokely: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/stokely, updated 20 October 2026.