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.
Where Blake is popular in 1988
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Louisiana#48 · 1 in 201
- Arkansas#53 · 1 in 204
- Oklahoma#54 · 1 in 218
- Iowa#61 · 1 in 253
- Minnesota#67 · 1 in 313
Best ever in a state: #14 in Montana, 2011.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | #48 | 157 | 1 in 201 |
| Arkansas | #53 | 72 | 1 in 204 |
| Oklahoma | #54 | 95 | 1 in 218 |
| Iowa | #61 | 70 | 1 in 253 |
| Minnesota | #67 | 98 | 1 in 313 |
| Alabama | #69 | 75 | 1 in 344 |
| Missouri | #70 | 112 | 1 in 326 |
| Nebraska | #72 | 40 | 1 in 272 |
| Oregon | #74 | 57 | 1 in 322 |
| Idaho | #75 | 22 | 1 in 289 |
| Utah | #76 | 61 | 1 in 267 |
| Kansas | #78 | 54 | 1 in 309 |
| Indiana | #79 | 106 | 1 in 366 |
| Georgia | #81 | 105 | 1 in 445 |
| Hawaii | #81 | 18 | 1 in 375 |
| Washington | #81 | 87 | 1 in 375 |
| South Dakota | #83 | 14 | 1 in 336 |
| Tennessee | #83 | 80 | 1 in 423 |
| Illinois | #90 | 160 | 1 in 522 |
| North Dakota | #91 | 12 | 1 in 387 |
| Texas | #91 | 337 | 1 in 428 |
| Nevada | #93 | 17 | 1 in 424 |
| Wyoming | #93 | 7 | 1 in 365 |
| Colorado | #99 | 46 | 1 in 525 |
| Michigan | #99 | 108 | 1 in 599 |
| Florida | #101 | 143 | 1 in 591 |
| Kentucky | #102 | 37 | 1 in 638 |
| Montana | #107 | 10 | 1 in 462 |
| Ohio | #112 | 101 | 1 in 762 |
| Delaware | #115 | 7 | 1 in 631 |
| Arizona | #118 | 50 | 1 in 589 |
| Mississippi | #118 | 29 | 1 in 565 |
| South Carolina | #119 | 36 | 1 in 624 |
| Wisconsin | #126 | 36 | 1 in 900 |
| North Carolina | #130 | 55 | 1 in 791 |
| Virginia | #143 | 43 | 1 in 933 |
| Maine | #144 | 7 | 1 in 1,040 |
| California | #150 | 333 | 1 in 757 |
| West Virginia | #160 | 8 | 1 in 1,293 |
| Pennsylvania | #174 | 55 | 1 in 1,439 |
| Maryland | #180 | 23 | 1 in 1,333 |
| Massachusetts | #193 | 22 | 1 in 1,885 |
| Connecticut | #210 | 11 | 1 in 1,973 |
| New Mexico | #248 | 8 | 1 in 1,429 |
| New Jersey | #312 | 17 | 1 in 3,026 |
| New York | #327 | 46 | 1 in 2,819 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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 1988
Top girls' names in 1988
Top boys' names in 1988
More about 1988
girls
1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 19,570 of them was named Blake, which outranked 89.3% of the 13,883 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,477Ronda92
- #1,477Susanne92
- #1,477Viridiana92
- #1,491Blake91
- #1,491Aleah91
- #1,491Annabel91
- #1,491Charles91
- #1,506Alondra90
- #1,506Aundrea90
- #1,506Destini90
Tied with 14 names at #1,491; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,914,283 boys got a published name in 1988; 1 in 618 of them was named Blake, which outranked 98.8% of the 8,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.