Blaine
#5,917 for girls in 2025, 20 births · #991 for boys in 2025, 230 births
Given to boys 96.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1884 · 62 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 33,071since 1880
Blaine over time
Rank among boys' names. Blaine has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,917 | 20 | #991 | 230 |
| 2024 | #4,207 | 34 | #1,119 | 191 |
| 2023 | #4,565 | 30 | #1,047 | 208 |
| 2022 | #5,028 | 26 | #1,032 | 214 |
| 2021 | #4,607 | 29 | #984 | 224 |
| 2020 | #5,850 | 20 | #882 | 256 |
| 2019 | #6,698 | 17 | #875 | 251 |
| 2018 | #8,617 | 12 | #876 | 249 |
| 2017 | #6,531 | 18 | #736 | 323 |
| 2016 | #6,401 | 19 | #689 | 359 |
| 2015 | #8,008 | 14 | #650 | 400 |
| 2014 | #6,207 | 20 | #674 | 377 |
| 2013 | #6,729 | 18 | #578 | 446 |
| 2012 | #6,576 | 19 | #580 | 442 |
| 2011 | #8,196 | 14 | #569 | 439 |
| 2010 | #7,880 | 15 | #635 | 381 |
| 2009 | #8,058 | 15 | #642 | 390 |
| 2008 | #7,073 | 18 | #615 | 404 |
| 2007 | #9,007 | 13 | #560 | 461 |
| 2006 | #9,286 | 12 | #572 | 436 |
| 2005 | #7,138 | 16 | #525 | 467 |
| 2004 | #6,489 | 18 | #566 | 402 |
| 2003 | #5,586 | 21 | #478 | 519 |
| 2002 | #5,086 | 23 | #434 | 576 |
| 2001 | #4,447 | 27 | #405 | 617 |
| 2000 | #4,291 | 28 | #451 | 527 |
| 1999 | #4,445 | 25 | #525 | 401 |
| 1998 | #4,238 | 26 | #498 | 434 |
| 1997 | #4,370 | 24 | #454 | 484 |
| 1996 | #3,942 | 27 | #505 | 413 |
| 1995 | #3,878 | 27 | #494 | 434 |
| 1994 | #3,372 | 33 | #502 | 403 |
| 1993 | #3,422 | 32 | #460 | 457 |
| 1992 | #3,267 | 34 | #438 | 503 |
| 1991 | #3,936 | 26 | #432 | 516 |
| 1990 | #3,078 | 36 | #400 | 577 |
| 1989 | #3,165 | 33 | #374 | 599 |
| 1988 | #2,744 | 38 | #394 | 502 |
| 1987 | #2,723 | 36 | #382 | 503 |
| 1986 | #3,277 | 27 | #438 | 383 |
| 1985 | #3,852 | 21 | #491 | 310 |
| 1984 | #3,329 | 25 | #513 | 276 |
| 1983 | #3,431 | 23 | #514 | 266 |
| 1982 | #2,581 | 36 | #530 | 260 |
| 1981 | #2,529 | 37 | #479 | 303 |
| 1980 | #3,992 | 19 | #526 | 267 |
| 1979 | #3,668 | 21 | #567 | 229 |
| 1978 | #6,948 | 8 | #537 | 238 |
| 1977 | #6,340 | 9 | #530 | 250 |
| 1976 | — | #491 | 262 | |
| 1975 | — | #514 | 243 | |
| 1974 | — | #515 | 234 | |
| 1973 | #6,080 | 8 | #489 | 252 |
| 1972 | — | #488 | 259 | |
| 1971 | #5,136 | 10 | #466 | 307 |
| 1970 | — | #451 | 330 | |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 | #429 | 340 |
| 1968 | — | #441 | 299 | |
| 1967 | — | #450 | 280 | |
| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 | #433 | 308 |
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 | #420 | 344 |
| 1964 | #5,474 | 7 | #398 | 397 |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | #407 | 390 |
| 1962 | — | #385 | 434 | |
| 1961 | #5,309 | 7 | #386 | 423 |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 | #403 | 387 |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | #426 | 351 |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 | #428 | 338 |
| 1957 | — | #420 | 345 | |
| 1956 | — | #405 | 352 | |
| 1955 | — | #414 | 315 | |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | #399 | 325 |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | #396 | 314 |
| 1952 | — | #424 | 268 | |
| 1951 | — | #422 | 259 | |
| 1950 | — | #433 | 235 | |
| 1949 | — | #482 | 187 | |
| 1948 | — | #464 | 206 | |
| 1947 | — | #463 | 210 | |
| 1946 | — | #473 | 184 | |
| 1945 | — | #512 | 137 | |
| 1944 | — | #564 | 117 | |
| 1943 | — | #482 | 163 | |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | #501 | 149 |
| 1941 | — | #499 | 136 | |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | #500 | 135 |
| 1939 | — | #472 | 145 | |
| 1938 | — | #518 | 125 | |
| 1937 | — | #508 | 128 | |
| 1936 | — | #466 | 146 | |
| 1935 | — | #479 | 140 | |
| 1934 | — | #465 | 147 | |
| 1933 | — | #453 | 148 | |
| 1932 | — | #493 | 135 | |
| 1931 | — | #512 | 126 | |
| 1930 | — | #473 | 157 | |
| 1929 | — | #474 | 153 | |
| 1928 | — | #518 | 135 | |
| 1927 | — | #518 | 139 | |
| 1926 | — | #499 | 146 | |
| 1925 | — | #531 | 134 | |
| 1924 | — | #514 | 148 | |
| 1923 | — | #456 | 179 | |
| 1922 | — | #499 | 155 | |
| 1921 | — | #492 | 159 | |
| 1920 | — | #524 | 135 | |
| 1919 | — | #511 | 136 | |
| 1918 | — | #556 | 117 | |
| 1917 | — | #509 | 127 | |
| 1916 | — | #523 | 119 | |
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 | #544 | 105 |
| 1914 | — | #591 | 72 | |
| 1913 | — | #539 | 64 | |
| 1912 | — | #659 | 41 | |
| 1911 | — | #644 | 23 | |
| 1910 | — | #654 | 20 | |
| 1909 | — | #840 | 12 | |
| 1908 | — | #825 | 11 | |
| 1907 | — | #664 | 15 | |
| 1906 | — | #852 | 9 | |
| 1905 | — | #699 | 12 | |
| 1904 | — | #686 | 12 | |
| 1903 | — | #846 | 8 | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #1,310 | 5 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #804 | 8 | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | #534 | 15 | |
| 1895 | — | #795 | 8 | |
| 1894 | — | #730 | 9 | |
| 1893 | — | #650 | 10 | |
| 1892 | — | #458 | 18 | |
| 1891 | — | #427 | 17 | |
| 1890 | — | #603 | 11 | |
| 1889 | — | #415 | 19 | |
| 1888 | — | #554 | 13 | |
| 1887 | — | #516 | 12 | |
| 1886 | — | #540 | 12 | |
| 1885 | — | #399 | 20 | |
| 1884 | — | #209 | 62 | |
| 1883 | — | #497 | 13 | |
| 1882 | — | #514 | 13 | |
| 1881 | — | #781 | 6 | |
| 1880 | — | #909 | 5 | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1884 at #209 (62 births)
- Births halved by 1885, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 138 yrs · run 1903–2021
- 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%)
- 14.5% of all boys named Blaine (4,799) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 175 | #209 (1884) | #533 |
| 1890s | 96 | #427 (1891) | #625 |
| 1900s | 84 | #664 (1907) | #840 |
| 1910s | 824 | #509 (1917) | #573 |
| 1920s | 1,483 | #456 (1923) | #503 |
| 1930s | 1,397 | #453 (1933) | #484 |
| 1940s | 1,624 | #463 (1947) | #494 |
| 1950s | 3,102 | #396 (1953) | #417 |
| 1960s | 3,602 | #385 (1962) | #415 |
| 1970s | 2,604 | #451 (1970) | #505 |
| 1980s | 3,669 | #374 (1989) | #464 |
| 1990s | 4,622 | #400 (1990) | #471 |
| 2000s | 4,799 | #405 (2001) | #525 |
| 2010s | 3,667 | #569 (2011) | #686 |
| 2020s | 1,323 | #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 2012
Top girls' names in 2012
Top boys' names in 2012
More about 2012
girls
1,761,053 girls got a published name in 2012; 1 in 92,687 of them was named Blaine, which outranked 66.3% of the 19,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #6,341Zianna20
- #6,341Zoila20
- #6,341Zunairah20
- #6,576Blaine19
- #6,576Aarika19
- #6,576Abi19
- #6,576Abrie19
- #6,872Aariona18
- #6,872Abbygayle18
- #6,872Abcde18
Tied with 295 names at #6,576; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,896,946 boys got a published name in 2012; 1 in 4,292 of them was named Blaine, which outranked 95.9% of the 14,250 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).