Meaning and history
From an English surname derived from the Old English words blæc, meaning “black,” and leah, meaning “woodland clearing.”
20062006: 66 births, rank #2,701
2007: 72 births, rank #2,568
2008: 97 births, rank #2,092
2009: 176 births, rank #1,353
2010: 231 births, rank #1,075
20112011: 278 births, rank #929
2012: 544 births, rank #546
2013: 683 births, rank #450
2014: 777 births, rank #412
2015: 921 births, rank #357
20162016: 1,178 births, rank #270
2017: 1,230 births, rank #259
2018: 1,308 births, rank #250
2019: 1,609 births, rank #183
2020: 1,713 births, rank #167
20212021: 1,837 births, rank #156
2022: 1,737 births, rank #167
2023: 1,860 births, rank #156
2024: 1,892 births, rank #158
20252025: 1,638 births, rank #191
Blakely moved from #158 to #191 for girls between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2024, with 1,892 births.