Unisex name · since 1987
Blakley
767 babies named Blakley in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,997 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,847 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 767
- born since 1987
- 2020s
- peak decade
767 babies have been named Blakley since 1987, making it today's #2847 unisex name.
Blakley has 767 recorded births among girls since 1987, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2847 as of the latest data, more common than 84% 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 1987 to 2025.
- #8,997 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,847 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 767 born since 1987
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Blakley ranks #8,997 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,847 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 767 born since 1987, peaking in the 2020s.
- #8,997 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,847 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 767
- born since 1987
- 2020s
- peak decade
Blakley's 767 recorded births place it above 87.55% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Blakley compares
767 Top 37% higher than 63% 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
Blakley's all-time total is 104% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Blakley | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 767 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 65 | 21 | 19,840 |
Blakley's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Blakley splits its recorded history at 2009: 83% of all births land in the more recent half, 17% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1987 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2021 peak of 65 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Blakley popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 65
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Blakley popularity over time - boys
49 total births recorded since 1963 (Blakley as boys' name)
Blakley by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (346 births, 45% of the file).
2020s was Blakley's strongest decade.
346 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Blakley births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 41
1990s
41 births
- 2000s 108
2000s
108 births
- 2010s
2010s
267 births
- 2020s
2020s
346 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 346 births (45% of all-time use).
How Blakley 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 Blakley's total volume
Blakley by state
Where Blakley concentrates geographically, total births since 1987
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 41 | 5.3% |
| #2 | Tennessee | | 30 | 3.9% |
| #3 | Indiana | | 17 | 2.2% |
| #4 | Kentucky | | 16 | 2.1% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 10 | 1.3% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #7 | Missouri | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #8 | Oklahoma | | 5 | 0.7% |
41 of 767 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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- Texas records the most Blakleys (41 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 Blakley: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1987–2025 (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 Blakley 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.