NameTides

Berkeley

Berkeley was the #2,485 girls' name in the US in 2025 (71 babies), and #3,478 in Canada.

Berkeley as a girl’s name

  • US
  • Canada
Berkeley as a girl’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Berkeley as a girl’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSCanada
2025#2,485 (71)#3,478 (5)
2024#2,389 (76)#2,975 (6)
2023#2,269 (81)—
2022#2,319 (80)—
2021#2,119 (89)#3,280 (5)
2020#1,908 (100)#3,251 (5)
2019#1,971 (98)#3,266 (5)
2018#1,774 (115)#1,996 (10)
2017#1,761 (119)#2,876 (6)
2016#1,775 (117)#1,690 (13)
2015#1,883 (108)#2,891 (6)
2014#2,213 (85)—
2013#2,211 (84)#2,376 (8)
2012#2,401 (77)#2,601 (7)
2011#2,156 (88)#3,310 (5)

Berkeley as a boy’s name

  • US
  • Canada
Berkeley as a boy’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.0518801900192019401960198020002020US
Berkeley as a boy’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.051880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSCanada
2025#7,679 (10)—
2024#9,894 (7)—
2023#7,289 (11)—
2022#5,874 (15)—
2021#6,698 (12)—
2020#7,502 (10)—
2019#5,153 (18)—
2018#5,320 (17)—
2017#6,060 (14)—
2016#5,555 (16)—
2015#5,289 (17)—
2014#5,997 (14)#2,667 (5)
2013#4,463 (21)—
2012#4,686 (20)—
2011#4,509 (21)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2017 at #1,761.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1923.
  • In 2025, 88% of US babies named Berkeley were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 23,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 23,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 30,000rare
USBoys2025about 1 in 170,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Berkeley is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 24,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 22,000 to 1 in 25,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Berkeley by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,281NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,038TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Berkeley (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
BerkeleyCanadaGirls#3,4785
BerkeleyCanadaBoys—too few
BerkeleyUSGirls#2,48571
BerkeleyUSBoys#7,67910