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“Variant of Blakeley — Black woodland clearing” — Old English origin
Girl's name · #191 in the US (2025) · 2020s
Blakely is near its high-water mark: it reached #156 in 2021 and still ranked #191 in 2025. About 21,000 girls have carried it since 1969. In Alabama, Arkansas and Mississippi it runs about 3× its national rate and ranks #35 in Arkansas.
Around the world: about 1 in 1,500 girls in Canada (2024) · about 1 in 4,500 girls in Scotland (2025) · about 1 in 12,000 girls in England & Wales (2025).
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 43 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Similar names: Freya · Blake · Kinsley · Everleigh · Emory · Charlie
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