Fun Facts About the Name Stokely
- 180 babies named Stokely: U.S. records list 180 babies given the name Stokely from 1880 through 2025. Even 20 girls received the name Stokely - about 1 girl for every 8 boys.
What Does the Name Stokely Mean?
Stokely is an English habitational family name used as a given name. It comes from the Old English elements stoc, which in place names usually means a secondary settlement, outlying farmstead, or stockaded place, and lēah, meaning wood, glade, or clearing. Read literally, the name describes a clearing in the woods attached to an outlying farm or dependent settlement.
The surname spelling Stokely corresponds to English place names recorded variously as Stokesley, Stokeley, and Stokely. Stokesley in North Yorkshire is the best known of them; its name is built from the same two elements. The given name therefore carries the place-name meaning rather than a separate personal-name meaning.
Stokely Name History & Origins
Stokely belongs to the large class of English surnames taken from the place where a family lived or held land. Places formed from stoc and lēah occur in several English counties, and the surname appears in English records in the spellings Stokesley, Stokeley, and Stokely, with the final -ley reflecting the second element. Over time the name spread from its home district as families moved, and it was carried to North America.
As a first name, Stokely is uncommon. Its best-known bearer is Stokely Carmichael (1941 - 1998), the civil rights organizer born in Port of Spain, Trinidad, who later adopted the name Kwame Ture. His prominence made the given name recognizable, but it has remained rare in both the United States and Britain.
How Popular is the Name Stokely?
Stokely 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 #5,197 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 | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | #14,999 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2023 | #11,054 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 2018 | #17,830 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #8,826 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2024 | #5,197 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2023 | #7,661 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2022 | #8,209 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2021 | #5,306 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2020 | #5,942 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2019 | #5,525 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2018 | #6,001 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2017 | #6,031 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2016 | #8,713 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2015 | #7,446 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2014 | #13,797 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2013 | #11,960 | 6 | 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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