Blake

Where Blake comes from

A surname derived from either Old English blæc (“black”) or from Old English blāc (“pale, fair, shining, white”), or as an anglicisation of Irish Ó Bláthmaic.
— Wiktionary's entry for Blake
  • 1 syllable
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1883
    First appearance
    #892 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1946
    Blake Clark born
    American stand-up comedian
  3. 1987
    Blake Lively born
    American actress
  4. 2012
    Peak, #71
    6,047 babies named Blake — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2017
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #149.
  6. 2025
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name.
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
  • A female given name transferred from the surname.
  • An unincorporated community in Owsley County, Kentucky, United States.
Namesakes
  • Blake Lively · American actress, born 1987
  • Blake Clark · American stand-up comedian, born 1946
  • Blake Edwards · American film director, screenwriter and producer, 1922–2010
  • Blake Griffin · American basketball player, born 1989
  • Blake Shelton · American country music singer and television personality, born 1976

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.