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
- Peak · boys
- 1884 · 5 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,289since 1884
Blain over time
Rank among boys' names. Blain has never cracked the top 900 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 | — | #7,679 | 10 | |
| 2024 | — | #9,894 | 7 | |
| 2023 | — | #8,921 | 8 | |
| 2022 | — | #10,863 | 6 | |
| 2021 | — | #10,799 | 6 | |
| 2020 | — | #9,554 | 7 | |
| 2019 | — | #7,643 | 10 | |
| 2018 | — | #7,136 | 11 | |
| 2017 | — | #7,095 | 11 | |
| 2016 | — | #4,624 | 21 | |
| 2015 | — | #4,407 | 22 | |
| 2014 | — | #4,138 | 24 | |
| 2013 | — | #4,621 | 20 | |
| 2012 | — | #4,862 | 19 | |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | #3,695 | 28 |
| 2010 | — | #5,047 | 18 | |
| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 | #3,332 | 33 |
| 2008 | — | #3,823 | 27 | |
| 2007 | — | #3,188 | 35 | |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 | #3,024 | 36 |
| 2005 | — | #3,241 | 31 | |
| 2004 | — | #3,217 | 30 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,987 | 58 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,195 | 48 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,618 | 36 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,476 | 38 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,608 | 33 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,349 | 37 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,164 | 40 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,483 | 31 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,762 | 26 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,307 | 34 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,509 | 29 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,914 | 42 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,615 | 52 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,870 | 41 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,766 | 43 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,404 | 55 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,734 | 38 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,962 | 30 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,171 | 25 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,979 | 27 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,230 | 13 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,999 | 27 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,569 | 18 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,213 | 23 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,236 | 22 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,688 | 32 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,202 | 21 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,329 | 19 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,134 | 21 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,459 | 16 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,871 | 23 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,819 | 24 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,560 | 31 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,462 | 33 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,526 | 28 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,455 | 29 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,340 | 32 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,684 | 21 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,405 | 30 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,581 | 25 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,455 | 29 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,242 | 39 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,279 | 38 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,523 | 28 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,522 | 27 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,396 | 31 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,547 | 26 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,497 | 11 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,048 | 15 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,887 | 17 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,099 | 14 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,153 | 13 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,904 | 16 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,111 | 13 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,802 | 8 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,326 | 11 | |
| 1947 | — | #3,370 | 6 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,534 | 9 | |
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | — | #2,467 | 9 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,964 | 7 | |
| 1942 | — | #3,560 | 5 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,872 | 7 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,322 | 10 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,449 | 9 | |
| 1938 | — | #3,175 | 6 | |
| 1937 | — | #3,175 | 6 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,854 | 7 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,719 | 8 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,742 | 8 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,368 | 10 | |
| 1932 | — | — | ||
| 1931 | — | #2,864 | 8 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,079 | 14 | |
| 1929 | — | — | ||
| 1928 | — | #2,270 | 13 | |
| 1927 | — | #3,151 | 8 | |
| 1926 | — | #3,708 | 6 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,755 | 10 | |
| 1924 | — | #3,023 | 9 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,874 | 18 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,014 | 9 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,766 | 20 | |
| 1920 | — | #3,208 | 8 | |
| 1919 | — | #3,736 | 6 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,398 | 12 | |
| 1917 | — | — | ||
| 1916 | — | #2,259 | 12 | |
| 1915 | — | #3,082 | 7 | |
| 1914 | — | #3,264 | 5 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,821 | 5 | |
| 1912 | — | — | ||
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| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | #971 | 5 | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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.
Where Blain is popular in 1968
No state had 5 or more boys named Blain in 1968, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Blain
- 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)
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1884 at #971 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1885, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1884
- 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%)
- 16.3% of all boys named Blain (372) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #971 (1884) | #971 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 47 | #2,259 (1916) | #2,927 |
| 1920s | 101 | #1,766 (1921) | #2,752 |
| 1930s | 76 | #2,079 (1930) | #2,714 |
| 1940s | 72 | #2,322 (1940) | #2,802 |
| 1950s | 183 | #1,396 (1958) | #1,916 |
| 1960s | 299 | #1,242 (1962) | #1,449 |
| 1970s | 242 | #1,462 (1970) | #1,976 |
| 1980s | 299 | #1,404 (1988) | #2,103 |
| 1990s | 365 | #1,615 (1991) | #2,258 |
| 2000s | 372 | #1,987 (2003) | #2,910 |
| 2010s | 184 | #3,695 (2011) | #5,327 |
| 2020s | 44 | #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 1968
Top boys' names in 1968
More about 1968
boys
1,737,974 boys got a published name in 1968; 1 in 59,930 of them was named Blain, which outranked 69.3% of the 4,746 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,428Sven30
- #1,428Trevis30
- #1,428Tyrome30
- #1,455Blain29
- #1,455Ahmad29
- #1,455Allison29
- #1,455Arne29
- #1,478Abelardo28
- #1,478Brantley28
- #1,478Cheryl28
Tied with 22 names at #1,455; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.