Fun Facts About the Name Blaikley
- 93 babies named Blaikley: U.S. records list 93 babies given the name Blaikley from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Blaikley Mean?
Blaikley is a rare spelling of the English family name Blakeley, also found as Blakely. It is a habitational name, taken from one or more places in northern England whose names join the Old English elements blæc, "black" or "dark", and lēah, "wood", "clearing", or "meadow". The literal sense of the compound is "dark wood" or "black clearing". The ai spelling in Blaikley does not point to a different derivation; it is a variant form of the same two elements.
Blaikley Name History & Origins
Blakeley belongs to the large group of English surnames taken from the place where a family lived or held land. Because blæc and lēah were common building blocks in place naming, the same name arose at more than one site in northern England, which is why Blakeley, Blakely, and similar spellings appear side by side in different counties.
The form Blaikley is uncommon. Spellings using ai for the first vowel turn up in northern English and Scots writing, but Blaikley is best treated as a variant of the better-known Blakeley rather than as a name with a separate origin. It should not be confused with the Scottish surname Blaikie, which is a different name with its own history.
As a first name, Blaikley is used rarely and chiefly as a transferred surname.
How Popular is the Name Blaikley?
Blaikley has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2014. Its best rank was #9,668 in 2020.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #10,233 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 2024 | #15,629 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2022 | #15,682 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2021 | #13,763 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2020 | #9,668 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2019 | #15,918 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2018 | #10,699 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2017 | #10,082 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2015 | #12,017 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2014 | #10,259 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2013 | #13,406 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2012 | #11,414 | 9 | 0.0005% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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