Blake
#295 for girls in 2025, 1,035 births · #316 for boys in 2025, 1,080 births
Given to boys 90.3% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2012 · 6,047 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 28 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 186,558since 1883
Blake over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | #295 | 1,035 | #316 | 1,080 |
| 2024 | #210 | 1,461 | #265 | 1,321 |
| 2023 | #221 | 1,351 | #254 | 1,374 |
| 2022 | #200 | 1,448 | #228 | 1,581 |
| 2021 | #199 | 1,504 | #205 | 1,850 |
| 2020 | #222 | 1,319 | #209 | 1,815 |
| 2019 | #224 | 1,388 | #183 | 2,141 |
| 2018 | #280 | 1,185 | #158 | 2,466 |
| 2017 | #269 | 1,185 | #149 | 2,626 |
| 2016 | #298 | 1,098 | #127 | 3,290 |
| 2015 | #424 | 752 | #96 | 4,234 |
| 2014 | #591 | 501 | #84 | 4,948 |
| 2013 | #551 | 536 | #75 | 5,649 |
| 2012 | #700 | 403 | #71 | 6,047 |
| 2011 | #817 | 325 | #73 | 5,617 |
| 2010 | #1,035 | 241 | #87 | 4,703 |
| 2009 | #1,106 | 230 | #89 | 4,952 |
| 2008 | #1,453 | 162 | #90 | 5,099 |
| 2007 | #2,198 | 90 | #88 | 5,277 |
| 2006 | #2,127 | 91 | #97 | 4,537 |
| 2005 | #2,140 | 86 | #99 | 4,418 |
| 2004 | #1,698 | 114 | #95 | 4,694 |
| 2003 | #1,743 | 108 | #79 | 5,275 |
| 2002 | #1,468 | 130 | #76 | 5,358 |
| 2001 | #1,331 | 144 | #77 | 5,356 |
| 2000 | #1,113 | 183 | #80 | 5,143 |
| 1999 | #1,138 | 172 | #84 | 4,812 |
| 1998 | #1,112 | 173 | #85 | 4,607 |
| 1997 | #953 | 207 | #80 | 4,728 |
| 1996 | #990 | 190 | #84 | 4,747 |
| 1995 | #926 | 203 | #77 | 4,821 |
| 1994 | #965 | 192 | #81 | 4,879 |
| 1993 | #961 | 196 | #83 | 4,504 |
| 1992 | #997 | 190 | #84 | 4,397 |
| 1991 | #957 | 198 | #86 | 4,275 |
| 1990 | #935 | 203 | #91 | 4,103 |
| 1989 | #1,118 | 148 | #97 | 3,521 |
| 1988 | #1,491 | 91 | #103 | 3,100 |
| 1987 | #1,329 | 103 | #106 | 2,785 |
| 1986 | #1,439 | 89 | #101 | 2,790 |
| 1985 | #1,809 | 62 | #100 | 2,922 |
| 1984 | #2,081 | 48 | #103 | 2,759 |
| 1983 | #2,135 | 46 | #109 | 2,497 |
| 1982 | #1,873 | 57 | #120 | 2,351 |
| 1981 | #1,754 | 64 | #159 | 1,702 |
| 1980 | #2,440 | 39 | #237 | 971 |
| 1979 | #2,273 | 42 | #276 | 744 |
| 1978 | #2,516 | 34 | #288 | 668 |
| 1977 | #3,083 | 25 | #300 | 644 |
| 1976 | #4,614 | 13 | #319 | 554 |
| 1975 | #2,969 | 24 | #333 | 523 |
| 1974 | #3,110 | 22 | #374 | 419 |
| 1973 | #3,971 | 15 | #369 | 427 |
| 1972 | #2,976 | 22 | #364 | 462 |
| 1971 | #4,311 | 13 | #368 | 476 |
| 1970 | #3,577 | 17 | #353 | 526 |
| 1969 | #3,774 | 14 | #347 | 520 |
| 1968 | #2,874 | 20 | #386 | 404 |
| 1967 | #4,625 | 9 | #364 | 422 |
| 1966 | #4,493 | 9 | #377 | 400 |
| 1965 | #4,202 | 10 | #364 | 445 |
| 1964 | #5,008 | 8 | #359 | 472 |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 | #330 | 569 |
| 1962 | #4,533 | 9 | #335 | 546 |
| 1961 | — | #350 | 512 | |
| 1960 | — | #380 | 431 | |
| 1959 | — | #391 | 411 | |
| 1958 | — | #407 | 366 | |
| 1957 | — | #455 | 288 | |
| 1956 | — | #451 | 282 | |
| 1955 | — | #445 | 279 | |
| 1954 | — | #432 | 279 | |
| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 | #488 | 207 |
| 1952 | — | #480 | 212 | |
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 | #585 | 139 |
| 1950 | — | #595 | 131 | |
| 1949 | — | #729 | 89 | |
| 1948 | — | #783 | 76 | |
| 1947 | — | #742 | 86 | |
| 1946 | — | #785 | 71 | |
| 1945 | — | #884 | 51 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,004 | 42 | |
| 1943 | — | #875 | 58 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,007 | 44 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,152 | 33 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,156 | 33 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,194 | 30 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,247 | 28 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,265 | 28 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,205 | 30 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,123 | 34 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,092 | 36 | |
| 1933 | — | #995 | 41 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,175 | 33 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,239 | 31 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,330 | 29 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,296 | 30 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,165 | 37 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,112 | 41 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,192 | 36 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,164 | 37 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,117 | 41 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,101 | 42 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,140 | 39 | |
| 1921 | — | #890 | 61 | |
| 1920 | — | #975 | 50 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,009 | 45 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,094 | 39 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,078 | 38 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,240 | 29 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,037 | 38 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,342 | 20 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,311 | 16 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,353 | 13 | |
| 1911 | — | #982 | 12 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,045 | 10 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,083 | 8 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,217 | 6 | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | #852 | 9 | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | #1,205 | 5 | |
| 1903 | — | #910 | 7 | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | #1,058 | 5 | |
| 1900 | — | #1,310 | 5 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | #942 | 6 | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | #1,079 | 5 | |
| 1894 | — | #857 | 7 | |
| 1893 | — | #907 | 6 | |
| 1892 | — | #792 | 8 | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | #994 | 5 | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | #1,031 | 5 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | #647 | 9 | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | #892 | 5 | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Blake! It came in at #892, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1883–1885, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Blake
- 51 spots since 2024 (#265 → #316)
- 107 spots since 2020 (#209 → #316)
- 220 spots since 2015 (#96 → #316)
- Biggest jump: 180 spots in 1933 (#1,175 → #995)
- Biggest drop: 371 spots in 1912 (#982 → #1,353)
- Debuted 1883
- Peaked 2012 at #71 (6,047 births)
- Births halved by 2017, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 28 yrs · run 1989–2015
- Top 1,000: 95 yrs · run 1945–2025
- Highest: 1 in 314 boys born in 2012 were named Blake (0.32%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,582 boys born in 2025 (0.06%)
- 26.9% of all boys named Blake (50,109) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2024, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 19 | #647 (1886) | #857 |
| 1890s | 37 | #792 (1892) | #929 |
| 1900s | 45 | #852 (1906) | #1,091 |
| 1910s | 260 | #982 (1911) | #1,149 |
| 1920s | 414 | #890 (1921) | #1,115 |
| 1930s | 320 | #995 (1933) | #1,187 |
| 1940s | 583 | #729 (1949) | #912 |
| 1950s | 2,594 | #391 (1959) | #473 |
| 1960s | 4,721 | #330 (1963) | #359 |
| 1970s | 5,443 | #276 (1979) | #334 |
| 1980s | 25,398 | #97 (1989) | #124 |
| 1990s | 45,873 | #77 (1995) | #84 |
| 2000s | 50,109 | #76 (2002) | #87 |
| 2010s | 41,721 | #71 (2012) | #110 |
| 2020s | 9,021 | #205 (2021) | #246 |
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.
Blake in 2010
Top girls' names in 2010
Top boys' names in 2010
More about 2010
girls
1,777,595 girls got a published name in 2010; 1 in 7,376 of them was named Blake, which outranked 94.8% of the 19,841 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,030Jana242
- #1,030Jessa242
- #1,030Renata242
- #1,035Blake241
- #1,035Cambria241
- #1,035Dalilah241
- #1,035Evalyn241
- #1,042Chasity240
- #1,042Kensley240
- #1,044Coraline239
Tied with 6 names at #1,035; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,918,676 boys got a published name in 2010; 1 in 408 of them was named Blake, which outranked 99.4% of the 14,270 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.