Fun Facts About the Name Blakeleigh
- More than 1 thousand babies named Blakeleigh: U.S. records list 1,119 babies given the name Blakeleigh from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Blakeleigh Mean?
Blakeleigh is a modern English feminine given name. It is usually understood as a combination of the name Blake with the feminine ending -leigh. Blake comes from an English surname that began as a nickname from Old English blæc, meaning "black," or in some cases from blāc, meaning "pale" or "shining." The surname was often descriptive of hair or complexion. The ending -leigh derives from Old English lēah, meaning "woodland," "clearing," or "meadow." Taken literally, the compound means "black meadow" or "black clearing." A similar name, Blakely, comes from a place name built from the same Old English elements; Blakeleigh may sometimes be treated as a respelling of that surname-derived name. Either way, the meaning is not a symbolic invention but the literal sense of its Old English parts.
Blakeleigh Name History & Origins
The elements of Blakeleigh are older than the name itself. Blake appears as an English surname by the Middle Ages, when surnames were often taken from nicknames based on appearance. It later became a given name, first occasionally and then more widely in the 20th century, especially in the United States. -leigh comes from Old English lēah, a common element in English place names such as Leigh, Ashley, and Berkeley. During the 20th century, -leigh also became a productive ending for feminine given names in English-speaking countries, as in Ashleigh, Kayleigh, and Hayleigh. Blakeleigh follows that later pattern, attaching the feminine -leigh to Blake. It is a contemporary English name, and its use is mainly in modern English-speaking communities.
How Popular is the Name Blakeleigh?
Blakeleigh 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 2024. Its best rank was #1,594 in 2024.
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 | #2,079 | 90 | 0.0056% |
| 2024 | #1,594 | 131 | 0.0081% |
| 2023 | #1,724 | 119 | 0.0074% |
| 2022 | #1,743 | 119 | 0.0073% |
| 2021 | #1,818 | 111 | 0.0068% |
| 2020 | #2,101 | 87 | 0.0054% |
| 2019 | #2,710 | 63 | 0.0038% |
| 2018 | #2,686 | 64 | 0.0038% |
| 2017 | #2,928 | 56 | 0.0032% |
| 2016 | #2,871 | 59 | 0.0033% |
| 2015 | #3,356 | 48 | 0.0027% |
| 2014 | #3,858 | 39 | 0.0022% |
| 2013 | #4,174 | 35 | 0.0020% |
| 2012 | #4,622 | 31 | 0.0018% |
| 2011 | #7,161 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2010 | #17,451 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2009 | #11,607 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2008 | #10,921 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2007 | #15,797 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2006 | #12,601 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2005 | #13,224 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2002 | #15,795 | 5 | 0.0003% |
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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