Unisex name · since 1969
Blakely
20,802 babies named Blakely in U.S. Social Security records since 1969, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,043 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #191 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 20,802
- born since 1969
- 2020s
- peak decade
20,802 babies have been named Blakely since 1969, making it today's #191 unisex name.
Blakely has 20,802 recorded births among girls since 1969, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #191 as of the latest data, more common than 99% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1969 to 2025.
- #1,043 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #191 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 20,802 born since 1969
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Blakely ranks #1,043 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #191 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 20,802 born since 1969, peaking in the 2020s.
- #1,043 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #191 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 20,802
- born since 1969
- 2020s
- peak decade
Blakely's 20,802 recorded births place it above 98.55% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
48 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Blakely compares
20,802 Top 6% higher than 94% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Blakely's all-time total is 55x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Blakely | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 20,802 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,892 | 21 | 19,840 |
Blakely's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Blakely's full recorded timeline at 1999, 97% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 3% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1969, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 1,892 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Blakely popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 1,892
- Annual births at peak, across 57 years of records
Blakely popularity over time - boys
1,234 total births recorded since 1920 (Blakely as boys' name)
Blakely by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (10,677 births, 51% of the file).
2020s was Blakely's strongest decade.
10,677 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Blakely births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 60
1970s
60 births
- 1980s 206
1980s
206 births
- 1990s 351
1990s
351 births
- 2000s 744
2000s
744 births
- 2010s
2010s
8,759 births
- 2020s
2020s
10,677 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 10,677 births (51% of all-time use).
How Blakely compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Blakely's total volume
Blakely by state
Where Blakely concentrates geographically, total births since 1969
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 2,177 | 10.5% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 1,335 | 6.4% |
| #3 | Tennessee | | 962 | 4.6% |
| #4 | Alabama | | 955 | 4.6% |
| #5 | Florida | | 827 | 4.0% |
| #6 | Oklahoma | | 797 | 3.8% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 714 | 3.4% |
| #8 | California | | 684 | 3.3% |
2,177 of 20,802 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 48 reporting states.
Blakely appears in 48 states. Explore state details →
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- Texas records the most Blakelys (2,177 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Blakely: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~56 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1969–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Blakely draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.