Berkley
Berkley was given to 301 girls in 2025, #888 among girls’ names; 7,712 Americans have been recorded with it since 1891 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 6,860 Americans named Berkley and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (89% of everyone recorded); the median is 11 years old and half are between 5 and 18.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Berkley by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Berkley?
#888 among girls’ names, 2025
Berkley rose from #1,079 in 2015 to #888 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 0.14 to 0.19 per 1,000.
389 babies in 2021, the peak
Berkley peaked in 2021, when 389 babies were given it (354 girls, #798 among girls’ names). The 334 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 86% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 301 | #888 | 33 | #3,452 |
| 2024 | 307 | #880 | 35 | #3,337 |
| 2023 | 327 | #838 | 36 | #3,301 |
| 2022 | 340 | #822 | 31 | #3,626 |
| 2021 | 354 | #798 | 35 | #3,306 |
| 2020 | 331 | #822 | 50 | #2,550 |
| 2019 | 261 | #990 | 44 | #2,813 |
| 2018 | 281 | #946 | 38 | #3,057 |
| 2017 | 211 | #1,167 | 44 | #2,760 |
| 2016 | 229 | #1,111 | 46 | #2,664 |
Every recorded year (119)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 243 | #1,079 | 47 | #2,607 |
| 2014 | 238 | #1,074 | 36 | #3,094 |
| 2013 | 234 | #1,063 | 50 | #2,462 |
| 2012 | 223 | #1,115 | 45 | #2,680 |
| 2011 | 217 | #1,127 | 34 | #3,242 |
| 2010 | 193 | #1,245 | 34 | #3,247 |
| 2009 | 163 | #1,432 | 30 | #3,562 |
| 2008 | 135 | #1,657 | 27 | #3,834 |
| 2007 | 134 | #1,656 | 22 | #4,390 |
| 2006 | 124 | #1,694 | 18 | #4,877 |
| 2005 | 73 | #2,408 | 13 | #5,903 |
| 2004 | 61 | #2,678 | 15 | #5,270 |
| 2003 | 62 | #2,583 | 18 | #4,433 |
| 2002 | 38 | #3,524 | 21 | #3,919 |
| 2001 | 48 | #2,964 | 15 | #4,912 |
| 2000 | 36 | #3,595 | 12 | #5,603 |
| 1999 | 38 | #3,319 | 18 | #3,993 |
| 1998 | 38 | #3,230 | 15 | #4,429 |
| 1997 | 26 | #4,136 | 9 | #6,136 |
| 1996 | 32 | #3,508 | 7 | #7,208 |
| 1995 | 26 | #3,981 | 13 | #4,531 |
| 1994 | 28 | #3,792 | 12 | #4,820 |
| 1993 | 16 | #5,698 | 13 | #4,465 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,681 | 7 | #6,725 |
| 1991 | 14 | #6,286 | 8 | #5,994 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,562 | 8 | #5,879 |
| 1989 | 12 | #6,578 | 7 | #6,281 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,998 | 7 | #5,803 |
| 1987 | 12 | #5,951 | 9 | #4,598 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,611 | 7 | #5,387 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,423 | 10 | #4,070 |
| 1984 | 12 | #5,571 | 7 | #5,019 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,261 | under 5 | |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,657 | 9 | #4,262 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,462 | 6 | #5,554 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,546 | 10 | #3,872 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,354 | 8 | #4,445 |
| 1978 | under 5 | 11 | #3,415 | |
| 1976 | under 5 | 16 | #2,614 | |
| 1975 | under 5 | 12 | #3,090 | |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,310 | 12 | #2,962 |
| 1973 | under 5 | 7 | #4,095 | |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,397 | 10 | #3,176 |
| 1971 | under 5 | 8 | #3,691 | |
| 1970 | under 5 | 15 | #2,405 | |
| 1969 | under 5 | 8 | #3,336 | |
| 1968 | under 5 | 15 | #2,114 | |
| 1967 | under 5 | 8 | #3,010 | |
| 1966 | under 5 | 12 | #2,341 | |
| 1965 | under 5 | 9 | #2,798 | |
| 1964 | under 5 | 9 | #2,877 | |
| 1963 | under 5 | 14 | #2,209 | |
| 1962 | under 5 | 12 | #2,383 | |
| 1961 | under 5 | 22 | #1,735 | |
| 1960 | under 5 | 14 | #2,216 | |
| 1959 | under 5 | 14 | #2,207 | |
| 1958 | under 5 | 19 | #1,843 | |
| 1957 | under 5 | 23 | #1,674 | |
| 1956 | under 5 | 16 | #2,020 | |
| 1955 | under 5 | 18 | #1,848 | |
| 1954 | under 5 | 18 | #1,833 | |
| 1953 | under 5 | 14 | #2,105 | |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,620 | 10 | #2,530 |
| 1951 | under 5 | 19 | #1,727 | |
| 1950 | under 5 | 23 | #1,538 | |
| 1949 | under 5 | 18 | #1,758 | |
| 1948 | under 5 | 16 | #1,886 | |
| 1947 | under 5 | 17 | #1,854 | |
| 1946 | under 5 | 17 | #1,766 | |
| 1945 | under 5 | 17 | #1,633 | |
| 1944 | under 5 | 11 | #2,201 | |
| 1943 | under 5 | 20 | #1,582 | |
| 1942 | under 5 | 9 | #2,545 | |
| 1941 | under 5 | 18 | #1,638 | |
| 1940 | under 5 | 22 | #1,437 | |
| 1939 | under 5 | 16 | #1,721 | |
| 1938 | under 5 | 16 | #1,747 | |
| 1937 | under 5 | 31 | #1,184 | |
| 1936 | under 5 | 22 | #1,422 | |
| 1935 | under 5 | 18 | #1,662 | |
| 1934 | under 5 | 28 | #1,269 | |
| 1933 | under 5 | 19 | #1,595 | |
| 1932 | under 5 | 22 | #1,514 | |
| 1931 | under 5 | 21 | #1,545 | |
| 1930 | under 5 | 31 | #1,284 | |
| 1929 | under 5 | 12 | #2,327 | |
| 1928 | under 5 | 31 | #1,296 | |
| 1927 | under 5 | 21 | #1,697 | |
| 1926 | under 5 | 24 | #1,517 | |
| 1925 | under 5 | 23 | #1,592 | |
| 1924 | under 5 | 29 | #1,382 | |
| 1923 | under 5 | 24 | #1,555 | |
| 1922 | under 5 | 20 | #1,772 | |
| 1921 | under 5 | 22 | #1,652 | |
| 1920 | under 5 | 25 | #1,508 | |
| 1919 | under 5 | 24 | #1,485 | |
| 1918 | under 5 | 19 | #1,768 | |
| 1917 | under 5 | 16 | #1,906 | |
| 1916 | under 5 | 26 | #1,340 | |
| 1915 | under 5 | 14 | #1,981 | |
| 1914 | under 5 | 18 | #1,445 | |
| 1913 | under 5 | 13 | #1,504 | |
| 1912 | under 5 | 13 | #1,361 | |
| 1911 | under 5 | 7 | #1,401 | |
| 1910 | under 5 | 5 | #1,612 | |
| 1909 | under 5 | 5 | #1,470 | |
| 1903 | under 5 | 5 | #1,147 | |
| 1902 | under 5 | 5 | #1,159 | |
| 1891 | under 5 | 5 | #987 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Berkley a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 7,712 Americans recorded as Berkley, 71% are girls and 29% boys. In 2025 it went to 301 girls and 33 boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Berkley: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Berkley, and how old are they?
6,860 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 89% of the 7,712 Americans ever recorded as Berkley. The median Berkley alive today is 11 years old; half are between 5 and 18.
The 2020 Census counted 4,635 people named Berkley (3,391 women and girls, 1,244 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 4,892 born in the U.S. The Census count is 5% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 62 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 208 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 164 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 334 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,940 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 4,160 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Berkley born?
The states with the most babies named Berkley are Texas, Ohio and Iowa, with 29% of its births recorded by state in 2025; Iowa is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 39 | #764 | 1.0× |
| Ohio | 18 | #566 | 0.6× |
| Iowa | 17 | #188 | 1.7× |
| Tennessee | 14 | #538 | 0.7× |
| Minnesota | 13 | #402 | 0.7× |
| North Carolina | 12 | #786 | 0.6× |
| Missouri | 12 | #485 | 0.8× |
| Utah | 11 | #388 | 2.5× |
| Nebraska | 10 | #227 | 2.8× |
| Georgia | 10 | #923 | 0.6× |
Where Berkley is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Berkley is most over-represented in Nebraska: since 1910 it was given 2.8 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Berkley with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 12,161 babies since 1880, Berkley is the most given (63% of them). In 2025 it was given to 334 of their 477 babies (70%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Berkley
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Berkley and names like it
- Compare Berkley and BerkeleyBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sBerkley peaked in 2021.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Berkley since 1910.
- The top names of 2021The year the most babies were named Berkley.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Berkley alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with BMost given first.