Blaine

#5,917 for girls in 2025, 20 births · #991 for boys in 2025, 230 births
Given to boys 96.4% of the time

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Peak · boys
1884 · 62 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
33,071
since 1880

Blaine over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Blaine has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201996peak #209, 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#5,91720#991230
2024#4,20734#1,119191
2023#4,56530#1,047208
2022#5,02826#1,032214
2021#4,60729#984224
2020#5,85020#882256
2019#6,69817#875251
2018#8,61712#876249
2017#6,53118#736323
2016#6,40119#689359
2015#8,00814#650400
2014#6,20720#674377
2013#6,72918#578446
2012#6,57619#580442
2011#8,19614#569439
2010#7,88015#635381
2009#8,05815#642390
2008#7,07318#615404
2007#9,00713#560461
2006#9,28612#572436
2005#7,13816#525467
2004#6,48918#566402
2003#5,58621#478519
2002#5,08623#434576
2001#4,44727#405617
2000#4,29128#451527
1999#4,44525#525401
1998#4,23826#498434
1997#4,37024#454484
1996#3,94227#505413
1995#3,87827#494434
1994#3,37233#502403
1993#3,42232#460457
1992#3,26734#438503
1991#3,93626#432516
1990#3,07836#400577
1989#3,16533#374599
1988#2,74438#394502
1987#2,72336#382503
1986#3,27727#438383
1985#3,85221#491310
1984#3,32925#513276
1983#3,43123#514266
1982#2,58136#530260
1981#2,52937#479303
1980#3,99219#526267
1979#3,66821#567229
1978#6,9488#537238
1977#6,3409#530250
1976#491262
1975#514243
1974#515234
1973#6,0808#489252
1972#488259
1971#5,13610#466307
1970#451330
1969#6,6176#429340
1968#441299
1967#450280
1966#5,2737#433308
1965#5,8176#420344
1964#5,4747#398397
1963#6,5925#407390
1962#385434
1961#5,3097#386423
1960#6,3905#403387
1959#6,2455#426351
1958#5,4086#428338
1957#420345
1956#405352
1955#414315
1954#5,7535#399325
1953#5,6735#396314
1952#424268
1951#422259
1950#433235
1949#482187
1948#464206
1947#463210
1946#473184
1945#512137
1944#564117
1943#482163
1942#4,6225#501149
1941#499136
1940#4,3495#500135
1939#472145
1938#518125
1937#508128
1936#466146
1935#479140
1934#465147
1933#453148
1932#493135
1931#512126
1930#473157
1929#474153
1928#518135
1927#518139
1926#499146
1925#531134
1924#514148
1923#456179
1922#499155
1921#492159
1920#524135
1919#511136
1918#556117
1917#509127
1916#523119
1915#4,2745#544105
1914#59172
1913#53964
1912#65941
1911#64423
1910#65420
1909#84012
1908#82511
1907#66415
1906#8529
1905#69912
1904#68612
1903#8468
1902
1901
1900#1,3105
1899
1898#8048
1897
1896#53415
1895#7958
1894#7309
1893#65010
1892#45818
1891#42717
1890#60311
1889#41519
1888#55413
1887#51612
1886#54012
1885#39920
1884#20962
1883#49713
1882#51413
1881#7816
1880#9095
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Blaine was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1897, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Blaine
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 128 spots since 2024 (#1,119#991)
  • 109 spots since 2020 (#882#991)
  • 341 spots since 2015 (#650#991)
  • Biggest jump: 288 spots in 1884 (#497#209)
  • Biggest drop: 192 spots in 1893 (#458#650)
Rise & fade · boys
4 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1884 at #209 (62 births)
  • Births halved by 1885, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 138 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 138 yrs · run 1903–2021
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,846
  • Highest: 1 in 1,846 boys born in 1884 were named Blaine (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 7,426 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 14.5% of all boys named Blaine (4,799) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s175#209 (1884)#533
1890s96#427 (1891)#625
1900s84#664 (1907)#840
1910s824#509 (1917)#573
1920s1,483#456 (1923)#503
1930s1,397#453 (1933)#484
1940s1,624#463 (1947)#494
1950s3,102#396 (1953)#417
1960s3,602#385 (1962)#415
1970s2,604#451 (1970)#505
1980s3,669#374 (1989)#464
1990s4,622#400 (1990)#471
2000s4,799#405 (2001)#525
2010s3,667#569 (2011)#686
2020s1,323#882 (2020)#1,009

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.

Blaine in 1996

girls
#3,942
27 births · 1 in 64,926 girls
boys
#505
413 births · 1 in 4,587 boys

Top girls' names in 1996

  1. #1Emily25,150
  2. #2Jessica24,201
  3. #3Ashley23,678
  4. #4Sarah21,048
  5. #5Samantha20,552
  6. #6Taylor19,155
  7. #7Hannah18,596
  8. #8Alexis16,592
  9. #9Rachel16,121
  10. #10Elizabeth16,003
  11. #3,942Blaine27

Top boys' names in 1996

  1. #1Michael38,373
  2. #2Matthew32,077
  3. #3Jacob31,925
  4. #4Christopher30,904
  5. #5Joshua29,175
  6. #6Nicholas27,724
  7. #7Tyler26,956
  8. #8Brandon25,847
  9. #9Austin25,663
  10. #10Andrew25,244
  11. #505Blaine413
More about 1996

girls

1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 64,926 of them was named Blaine, which outranked 75.2% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Blaine
  1. #3,831Yana28
  2. #3,831Yocheved28
  3. #3,831Zulma28
  4. #3,942Blaine27
  5. #3,942Abria27
  6. #3,942Adrina27
  7. #3,942Ajanae27
  8. #4,059Adelia26
  9. #4,059Adriene26
  10. #4,059Akeyla26

Tied with 116 names at #3,942; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1995
Risers
  1. 2,167Odalys#2,845#678
  2. 1,531Tamia#2,028#497
  3. 1,524Jaycie#2,486#962
  4. 1,486Odalis#2,394#908
  5. 1,430Zaria#2,155#725
Fallers
  1. 1,558Unknown#865#2,423
  2. 723Iridian#886#1,609
  3. 435Selene#964#1,399
  4. 394Salina#838#1,232
  5. 339Chelsi#697#1,036

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

boys

1,894,300 boys got a published name in 1996; 1 in 4,587 of them was named Blaine, which outranked 95.2% of the 10,536 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Blaine
  1. #502Geoffrey416
  2. #503Ralph415
  3. #504Malachi414
  4. #505Blaine413
  5. #506Darnell412
  6. #507Alonzo407
  7. #507Santiago407
Biggest movers since 1995
Risers
  1. 1,398Keyshawn#2,178#780
  2. 1,171Jair#2,055#884
  3. 1,065Kordell#2,055#990
  4. 856Shemar#1,758#902
  5. 686Nasir#1,648#962
Fallers
  1. 1,075Unknown#665#1,740
  2. 649Rashaan#937#1,586
  3. 633Savon#966#1,599
  4. 514Latrell#966#1,480
  5. 351Rakeem#970#1,321

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

See the top 100 for 1996