Berkley
#887 for girls in 2025, 301 births · #3,450 for boys in 2025, 33 births
Given to girls 71.4% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2021 · 354 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,510since 1952
Berkley over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #887 | 301 | #3,450 | 33 |
| 2024 | #878 | 307 | #3,335 | 35 |
| 2023 | #837 | 327 | #3,293 | 36 |
| 2022 | #822 | 340 | #3,617 | 31 |
| 2021 | #798 | 354 | #3,297 | 35 |
| 2020 | #822 | 331 | #2,546 | 50 |
| 2019 | #988 | 261 | #2,808 | 44 |
| 2018 | #946 | 281 | #3,055 | 38 |
| 2017 | #1,165 | 211 | #2,755 | 44 |
| 2016 | #1,110 | 229 | #2,661 | 46 |
| 2015 | #1,079 | 243 | #2,600 | 47 |
| 2014 | #1,074 | 238 | #3,090 | 36 |
| 2013 | #1,062 | 234 | #2,461 | 50 |
| 2012 | #1,111 | 223 | #2,678 | 45 |
| 2011 | #1,127 | 217 | #3,235 | 34 |
| 2010 | #1,244 | 193 | #3,239 | 34 |
| 2009 | #1,432 | 163 | #3,551 | 30 |
| 2008 | #1,657 | 135 | #3,823 | 27 |
| 2007 | #1,655 | 134 | #4,375 | 22 |
| 2006 | #1,691 | 124 | #4,865 | 18 |
| 2005 | #2,407 | 73 | #5,875 | 13 |
| 2004 | #2,679 | 61 | #5,246 | 15 |
| 2003 | #2,577 | 62 | #4,426 | 18 |
| 2002 | #3,523 | 38 | #3,909 | 21 |
| 2001 | #2,963 | 48 | #4,890 | 15 |
| 2000 | #3,591 | 36 | #5,588 | 12 |
| 1999 | #3,313 | 38 | #3,986 | 18 |
| 1998 | #3,222 | 38 | #4,413 | 15 |
| 1997 | #4,125 | 26 | #6,100 | 9 |
| 1996 | #3,505 | 32 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | #3,969 | 26 | #4,508 | 13 |
| 1994 | #3,790 | 28 | #4,803 | 12 |
| 1993 | #5,673 | 16 | #4,447 | 13 |
| 1992 | #6,652 | 13 | #6,670 | 7 |
| 1991 | #6,253 | 14 | #5,942 | 8 |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 | #5,823 | 8 |
| 1989 | #6,531 | 12 | #6,229 | 7 |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | #5,751 | 7 |
| 1987 | #5,923 | 12 | #4,573 | 9 |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 | #5,332 | 7 |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | #4,052 | 10 |
| 1984 | #5,539 | 12 | #4,973 | 7 |
| 1983 | #6,212 | 10 | — | |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | #4,234 | 9 |
| 1981 | #7,409 | 8 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | #3,838 | 10 |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | #4,403 | 8 |
| 1978 | — | #3,400 | 11 | |
| 1977 | — | — | ||
| 1976 | — | #2,601 | 16 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,078 | 12 | |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 | #2,946 | 12 |
| 1973 | — | #4,054 | 7 | |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | #3,152 | 10 |
| 1971 | — | #3,658 | 8 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,399 | 15 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,314 | 8 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,109 | 15 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,985 | 8 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,327 | 12 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,780 | 9 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,854 | 9 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,200 | 14 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,364 | 12 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,731 | 22 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,210 | 14 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,200 | 14 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,838 | 19 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,673 | 23 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,015 | 16 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,845 | 18 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,826 | 18 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,099 | 14 | |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | #2,514 | 10 |
| 1951 | — | #1,725 | 19 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,538 | 23 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,754 | 18 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,881 | 16 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,850 | 17 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,759 | 17 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,633 | 17 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,195 | 11 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,577 | 20 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,523 | 9 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,633 | 18 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,433 | 22 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,712 | 16 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,741 | 16 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,180 | 31 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,417 | 22 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,656 | 18 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,266 | 28 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,586 | 19 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,509 | 22 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,538 | 21 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,283 | 31 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,317 | 12 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,293 | 31 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,692 | 21 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,515 | 24 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,583 | 23 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,380 | 29 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,551 | 24 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,765 | 20 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,648 | 22 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,505 | 25 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,481 | 24 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,767 | 19 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,900 | 16 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,335 | 26 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,968 | 14 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,441 | 18 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,497 | 13 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,353 | 13 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,387 | 7 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,589 | 5 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,440 | 5 | |
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | #1,130 | 5 | |
| 1902 | — | #1,137 | 5 | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | #963 | 5 | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Berkley! It came in at #5,563, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1952–1973, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Berkley
- 9 spots since 2024 (#878 → #887)
- 65 spots since 2020 (#822 → #887)
- 192 spots since 2015 (#1,079 → #887)
- Biggest jump: 219 spots in 2018 (#1,165 → #946)
- Biggest drop: 42 spots in 2019 (#946 → #988)
- Debuted 1952
- Peaked 2021 at #798 (354 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 2018–2025
- Highest: 1 in 4,635 girls born in 2021 were named Berkley (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 5,340 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 42.3% of all girls named Berkley (2,330) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1988, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5 | #5,563 (1952) | #5,563 |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 18 | #6,258 (1974) | #8,253 |
| 1980s | 83 | #5,539 (1984) | #8,116 |
| 1990s | 240 | #3,222 (1998) | #4,900 |
| 2000s | 874 | #1,432 (2009) | #2,418 |
| 2010s | 2,330 | #946 (2018) | #1,091 |
| 2020s | 1,960 | #798 (2021) | #841 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Berkley in 1952
Top girls' names in 1952
Top boys' names in 1952
More about 1952
girls
1,854,335 girls got a published name in 1952; 1 in 370,867 of them was named Berkley, which outranked 12.9% of the 6,389 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 826 names at #5,563; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,943,633 boys got a published name in 1952; 1 in 194,363 of them was named Berkley, which outranked 40.9% of the 4,257 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,376Zbigniew11
- #2,376Zeb11
- #2,376Zebedee11
- #2,514Berkley10
- #2,514Abran10
- #2,514Abron10
- #2,514Adelbert10
- #2,680Alban9
- #2,680Alphonsa9
- #2,680Ames9
Tied with 165 names at #2,514; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.