Berkley

Origin: English — Transferred use of the surname Berkley — also an English place name

Girl's name · #888 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

Popularity over time

Berkley is near its high-water mark: it reached #798 in 2021 and still ranked #888 in 2025. About 5,500 girls have carried it since 1952.

In recent years, Berkley ran 4–6× its national rate in Nebraska, Iowa and South Dakota.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 33 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

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#1,304 in Canada (2024).

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