Berkeley is a boy's name of English origin meaning “birch and meadow, leigh.” In 2024 it was given to 7 boys in the United States.
Berkeley belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “birch and meadow, leigh” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Berkeley first appears in Social Security records in 1913. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1940 in 1934, and in 2024 7 babies received the name — 890 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Berkeley means “birch and meadow, leigh” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Berkeley is a boy name. In 2024, 7 babies received the name in the US.
Berkeley comes from the English & American tradition.
Berkeley first appears in US records in 1913. Its best-ever ranking was #1940 in 1934, and 7 babies were given the name in 2024.
Berkeley is pronounced /ˈbɑːkli/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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