Berkley
Meaning not yet sourced
Editor’s note 301 US babies in 2025, but under 3 in England & Wales
Girl’s name
What Berkley means
Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Berkley yet, and we don’t write our own.
Editor’s note 301 US babies in 2025, but under 3 in England & Wales Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.
How popular is Berkley?
▼ 9 vs 2024
US: Rising: up from #1079 in 2015.
Biggest US share so far: 2021, when 354 girls got the name (#798 that year). First in the US records in 1952.
How common
- About 1 in 5,340 baby girls in the US in 2025
“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.
Where in the US
Most popular in ND (1.85 per 1,000 girls), IA (1.44 per 1,000 girls), NE (1.41 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.
SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.
US vs UK
Berkley is #887 in the US. It is not in the England & Wales list for 2025.
| Rank 2025 | Babies | How common | Rank 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | #887 | 301 | 1 in 5,340 | #1079 |
| England & Wales | – | – | – | – |
| Scotland | – | – | – | – |
Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).
Boy or girl?
In 2025, 90.1% of US babies named Berkley were girls.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| US 2025 | 301 | 33 |
| England & Wales 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| US all years since 1880 | 5,510 | 2,202 |
| England & Wales since 1996 | 0 | 0 |
Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.
Other spellings
Other spellings parents chose in 2025
- Berklee51 US
- Birkley13 US
- Burklee9 US
- Burkley5 US
- Birklee5 US
Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.
If you like Berkley
Girls
- Naomi#47“my pleasantness”*
- Adelaide#289“noble + nature, character”*
- Dahlia#215Editor’s note Up from #412 in 2015 to #215 in 2025 in the US
- Camila#19Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #19 vs #1,051 in 2025
- Hadley#121“heath + woodland clearing”*
- Emery#74Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #74 vs #1,197 in 2025
For a brother
- Hudson#17Editor’s note Up from #65 in 2015 to #17 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 200 US boys in the 2025 records
- Atticus#281“the Attic, the Athenian, a cognomen”*
- Asher#28Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #28 vs #150 in 2025
- Judah#178Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #178 vs #404 in 2025
- Lucas#10Editor’s note Up from #16 in 2015 to #10 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 170 US boys in the 2025 records
- Ryker#182Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #182 vs #1,066 in 2025
Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Berkley’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.
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