Blain

Last seen for girls in 2011 at #16,764 · #7,679 for boys in 2025, 10 births
Given to boys 99.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
#971
1884 · 5 births
Debut · boys
1884
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,289
since 1884

Blain over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Blain has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202001peak #971, 1884boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#7,67910
2024—#9,8947
2023—#8,9218
2022—#10,8636
2021—#10,7996
2020—#9,5547
2019—#7,64310
2018—#7,13611
2017—#7,09511
2016—#4,62421
2015—#4,40722
2014—#4,13824
2013—#4,62120
2012—#4,86219
2011#16,7645#3,69528
2010—#5,04718
2009#15,2426#3,33233
2008—#3,82327
2007—#3,18835
2006#15,1526#3,02436
2005—#3,24131
2004—#3,21730
2003—#1,98758
2002—#2,19548
2001—#2,61836
2000—#2,47638
1999—#2,60833
1998—#2,34937
1997—#2,16440
1996—#2,48331
1995—#2,76226
1994—#2,30734
1993—#2,50929
1992—#1,91442
1991—#1,61552
1990—#1,87041
1989—#1,76643
1988—#1,40455
1987—#1,73438
1986—#1,96230
1985—#2,17125
1984—#1,97927
1983—#3,23013
1982—#1,99927
1981—#2,56918
1980—#2,21323
1979—#2,23622
1978—#1,68832
1977—#2,20221
1976—#2,32919
1975—#2,13421
1974—#2,45916
1973—#1,87123
1972—#1,81924
1971—#1,56031
1970—#1,46233
1969—#1,52628
1968—#1,45529
1967—#1,34032
1966—#1,68421
1965—#1,40530
1964—#1,58125
1963—#1,45529
1962—#1,24239
1961—#1,27938
1960—#1,52328
1959—#1,52227
1958—#1,39631
1957—#1,54726
1956—#2,49711
1955—#2,04815
1954—#1,88717
1953—#2,09914
1952—#2,15313
1951—#1,90416
1950—#2,11113
1949—#2,8028
1948—#2,32611
1947—#3,3706
1946—#2,5349
1945——
1944—#2,4679
1943—#2,9647
1942—#3,5605
1941—#2,8727
1940—#2,32210
1939—#2,4499
1938—#3,1756
1937—#3,1756
1936—#2,8547
1935—#2,7198
1934—#2,7428
1933—#2,36810
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1931—#2,8648
1930—#2,07914
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1928—#2,27013
1927—#3,1518
1926—#3,7086
1925—#2,75510
1924—#3,0239
1923—#1,87418
1922—#3,0149
1921—#1,76620
1920—#3,2088
1919—#3,7366
1918—#2,39812
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1916—#2,25912
1915—#3,0827
1914—#3,2645
1913—#2,8215
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First appearance
1884

The first year at least five boys were named Blain! It came in at #971, and was given to 5 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1884–1914, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Blain
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 2,215 spots since 2024 (#9,894 → #7,679)
  • 1,875 spots since 2020 (#9,554 → #7,679)
  • 3,272 spots since 2015 (#4,407 → #7,679)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1884
  • Peaked 1884 at #971 (5 births)
  • Births halved by 1885, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1884
Share of babies · boys
1 in 22,888
  • Highest: 1 in 22,888 boys born in 1884 were named Blain (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 170,808 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 16.3% of all boys named Blain (372) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#971 (1884)#971
1890s0——
1900s0——
1910s47#2,259 (1916)#2,927
1920s101#1,766 (1921)#2,752
1930s76#2,079 (1930)#2,714
1940s72#2,322 (1940)#2,802
1950s183#1,396 (1958)#1,916
1960s299#1,242 (1962)#1,449
1970s242#1,462 (1970)#1,976
1980s299#1,404 (1988)#2,103
1990s365#1,615 (1991)#2,258
2000s372#1,987 (2003)#2,910
2010s184#3,695 (2011)#5,327
2020s44#7,679 (2025)#9,618

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Blain in 2001

boys
#2,618
36 births · 1 in 53,969 boys

Top boys' names in 2001

  1. #1Jacob32,573
  2. #2Michael29,689
  3. #3Matthew26,812
  4. #4Joshua26,024
  5. #5Christopher23,132
  6. #6Nicholas22,849
  7. #7Andrew22,422
  8. #8Joseph22,030
  9. #9Daniel21,013
  10. #10William20,110
  11. #2,618Blain36
More about 2001

boys

1,942,881 boys got a published name in 2001; 1 in 53,969 of them was named Blain, which outranked 78.7% of the 12,307 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Blain
  1. #2,562Unique37
  2. #2,562Warner37
  3. #2,562Ziad37
  4. #2,618Blain36
  5. #2,618Adrain36
  6. #2,618Arin36
  7. #2,618Avinash36
  8. #2,681Alston35
  9. #2,681Anthoni35
  10. #2,681Arnaldo35

Tied with 62 names at #2,618; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2000
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,879Jaheim#6,316 → #437
  2. ↑ 1,128Imanol#2,049 → #921
  3. ↑ 730Jagger#1,391 → #661
  4. ↑ 539Maximus#850 → #311
  5. ↑ 461Daunte#1,429 → #968
Fallers
  1. ↓ 476Tyreek#914 → #1,390
  2. ↓ 466Tyrique#949 → #1,415
  3. ↓ 456Infant#765 → #1,221
  4. ↓ 423Deion#893 → #1,316
  5. ↓ 291Nicklaus#986 → #1,277

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2001 →