Berkley Girl
How popular is Berkley?
#887 girl name in 2025
301 baby girls were named Berkley in the US in 2025, making it the 887th most popular girl name. Another 33 boys got the name (#3,449 for boys).
Berkley popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #887 for girls (▼ 9 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 301 girls, 33 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+24% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,079 in 2015, #822 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2021 (354 girls) |
| Highest rank | #798 in 2021 |
| First recorded | 1952 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 12% boys, 88% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Berkley counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Berkley family of names ranked #669 for girls in 2025 (#685 the year before), with 403 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Berkley is most popular
Babies named Berkley per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Nebraska: 1.6 per 1,000 (57 girls)
- South Dakota: 1.4 per 1,000 (20 girls)
- Iowa: 1.1 per 1,000 (65 girls)
- Utah: 0.8 per 1,000 (67 girls)
- Kansas: 0.8 per 1,000 (45 girls)
Berkley by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5 | #5,561 |
| 1970s | 18 | #6,257 |
| 1980s | 83 | #5,538 |
| 1990s | 240 | #3,219 |
| 2000s | 874 | #1,432 |
| 2010s | 2,330 | #946 |
| 2020s | 1,960 | #798 |
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Questions
- Is Berkley a boy or girl name?
- Berkley is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 88% of babies named Berkley were girls.
- How popular is the name Berkley?
- 301 baby girls were named Berkley in the US in 2025, making it the 887th most popular girl name. Another 33 boys got the name (#3,449 for boys).
- When was Berkley most popular?
- Berkley peaked in 2021, when 354 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #798 in 2021.
- How many people are named Berkley?
- 7,712 babies have been named Berkley in the US since 1880. We estimate about 6,903 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 11.
- Where is Berkley most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Berkley was most common in Nebraska, at 1.6 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.