Meaning not yet researched.
Blaine: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 230 in 2025. Its best rank was #211 in 1884.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #211 in 1884; #992 in 2025. About 92% of babies named Blaine in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#992 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1884, at #211.
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Blaine: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 230 boys in 2025. Peak: #211 in 1884 · most boys in one year: 617 (2001).
In 2025, 230 US boys were named Blaine, making it the 992nd most common boys’ name of the year, up 127 places from #1,119 in 2024. That is 39 more than the 191 boys named Blaine in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #211, reached in 1884. The most boys given the name in a single year was 617, in 2001. For comparison, it was #650 in 2015 and #433 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Blaine in 142 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 5 babies. In all, 34,307 US babies have been given the name, 3.6% of them girls and 96% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2000s, with 4,990 babies named Blaine.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 2,505 US boys were named Blaine; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 359. In 2025 that was about 1 in 7,426 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Blaine ranked highest in Tennessee in 2025, at #431 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Blayne (4,603 babies since 1880) and Blane (4,459 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Blain, Blayn and Blan are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Blain (2,306), Blayn (64), Blan (22).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Blaine in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 30 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | 18 | #431 | #426 |
| Nevada | 6 | #452 | — |
| Louisiana | 9 | #491 | #633 |
| Iowa | 6 | #503 | #358 |
| Kansas | 6 | #532 | — |
| Ohio | 16 | #597 | #413 |
| Oregon | 5 | #621 | #561 |
| Missouri | 8 | #654 | #372 |
| Virginia | 10 | #676 | #675 |
| Wisconsin | 6 | #691 | — |
| Maryland | 6 | #717 | — |
| Kentucky | 5 | #720 | #405 |
| Michigan | 10 | #723 | #636 |
| Minnesota | 5 | #824 | #509 |
| Indiana | 6 | #860 | #303 |
| North Carolina | 8 | #949 | #564 |
| Pennsylvania | 7 | #1,015 | #557 |
| Illinois | 7 | #1,041 | #1,200 |
| Texas | 17 | #1,220 | #625 |
| Florida | 9 | #1,267 | #676 |
| California | 11 | #1,519 | #1,327 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #5,950 | 230 | #992 |
| 2024 | 34 | #4,216 | 191 | #1,119 |
| 2023 | 30 | #4,582 | 208 | #1,047 |
| 2022 | 26 | #5,043 | 214 | #1,032 |
| 2021 | 29 | #4,636 | 224 | #984 |
| 2020 | 20 | #5,892 | 256 | #882 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,759 | 251 | #876 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,696 | 249 | #876 |
| 2017 | 18 | #6,581 | 323 | #737 |
| 2016 | 19 | #6,456 | 359 | #689 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,077 | 400 | #650 |
| 2014 | 20 | #6,241 | 377 | #674 |
| 2013 | 18 | #6,781 | 446 | #578 |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,641 | 442 | #580 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,270 | 439 | #569 |
| 2010 | 15 | #7,951 | 381 | #635 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,122 | 390 | #642 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,123 | 404 | #615 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,098 | 461 | #560 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,384 | 436 | #572 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,197 | 467 | #525 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,535 | 402 | #566 |
| 2003 | 21 | #5,616 | 519 | #478 |
| 2002 | 23 | #5,107 | 576 | #434 |
| 2001 | 27 | #4,462 | 617 | #405 |
| 2000 | 28 | #4,307 | 527 | #451 |
| 1999 | 25 | #4,465 | 401 | #525 |
| 1998 | 26 | #4,251 | 434 | #498 |
| 1997 | 24 | #4,392 | 484 | #454 |
| 1996 | 27 | #3,956 | 413 | #505 |
| 1995 | 27 | #3,893 | 434 | #494 |
| 1994 | 33 | #3,377 | 403 | #503 |
| 1993 | 32 | #3,432 | 457 | #460 |
| 1992 | 34 | #3,275 | 503 | #438 |
| 1991 | 26 | #3,948 | 516 | #433 |
| 1990 | 36 | #3,080 | 577 | #400 |
| 1989 | 33 | #3,176 | 599 | #374 |
| 1988 | 38 | #2,747 | 502 | #395 |
| 1987 | 36 | #2,725 | 503 | #382 |
| 1986 | 27 | #3,281 | 383 | #438 |
| 1985 | 21 | #3,862 | 310 | #491 |
| 1984 | 25 | #3,336 | 276 | #514 |
| 1983 | 23 | #3,441 | 266 | #514 |
| 1982 | 36 | #2,587 | 260 | #530 |
| 1981 | 37 | #2,531 | 303 | #480 |
| 1980 | 19 | #4,007 | 267 | #526 |
| 1979 | 21 | #3,678 | 229 | #567 |
| 1978 | 8 | #7,013 | 238 | #537 |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,396 | 250 | #530 |
| 1976 | — | — | 262 | #491 |
| 1975 | — | — | 243 | #514 |
| 1974 | — | — | 234 | #515 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,144 | 252 | #489 |
| 1972 | — | — | 259 | #488 |
| 1971 | 10 | #5,163 | 307 | #466 |
| 1970 | — | — | 330 | #451 |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,699 | 340 | #429 |
| 1968 | — | — | 299 | #441 |
| 1967 | — | — | 280 | #450 |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,313 | 308 | #433 |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,869 | 344 | #420 |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,521 | 397 | #398 |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,680 | 390 | #407 |
| 1962 | — | — | 434 | #385 |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,348 | 423 | #386 |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,462 | 387 | #403 |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,338 | 351 | #426 |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,467 | 338 | #428 |
| 1957 | — | — | 345 | #421 |
| 1956 | — | — | 352 | #405 |
| 1955 | — | — | 315 | #414 |
| 1954 | 5 | #5,818 | 325 | #399 |
| 1953 | 5 | #5,736 | 314 | #396 |
| 1952 | — | — | 268 | #424 |
| 1951 | — | — | 259 | #422 |
| 1950 | — | — | 235 | #433 |
| 1949 | — | — | 187 | #482 |
| 1948 | — | — | 206 | #464 |
| 1947 | — | — | 210 | #463 |
| 1946 | — | — | 184 | #473 |
| 1945 | — | — | 137 | #513 |
| 1944 | — | — | 117 | #565 |
| 1943 | — | — | 163 | #482 |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,693 | 149 | #502 |
| 1941 | — | — | 136 | #500 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,432 | 135 | #500 |
| 1939 | — | — | 145 | #472 |
| 1938 | — | — | 125 | #518 |
| 1937 | — | — | 128 | #508 |
| 1936 | — | — | 146 | #466 |
| 1935 | — | — | 140 | #479 |
| 1934 | — | — | 147 | #465 |
| 1933 | — | — | 148 | #453 |
| 1932 | — | — | 135 | #493 |
| 1931 | — | — | 126 | #512 |
| 1930 | — | — | 157 | #474 |
| 1929 | — | — | 153 | #474 |
| 1928 | — | — | 135 | #518 |
| 1927 | — | — | 139 | #518 |
| 1926 | — | — | 146 | #500 |
| 1925 | — | — | 134 | #531 |
| 1924 | — | — | 148 | #516 |
| 1923 | — | — | 179 | #456 |
| 1922 | — | — | 155 | #499 |
| 1921 | — | — | 159 | #493 |
| 1920 | — | — | 135 | #524 |
| 1919 | — | — | 136 | #511 |
| 1918 | — | — | 117 | #557 |
| 1917 | — | — | 127 | #509 |
| 1916 | — | — | 119 | #523 |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,360 | 105 | #544 |
| 1914 | — | — | 72 | #591 |
| 1913 | — | — | 64 | #539 |
| 1912 | — | — | 41 | #660 |
| 1911 | — | — | 23 | #650 |
| 1910 | — | — | 20 | #656 |
| 1909 | — | — | 12 | #847 |
| 1908 | — | — | 11 | #831 |
| 1907 | — | — | 15 | #670 |
| 1906 | — | — | 9 | #861 |
| 1905 | — | — | 12 | #703 |
| 1904 | — | — | 12 | #689 |
| 1903 | — | — | 8 | #853 |
| 1900 | — | — | 5 | #1,334 |
| 1898 | — | — | 8 | #809 |
| 1896 | — | — | 15 | #537 |
| 1895 | — | — | 8 | #806 |
| 1894 | — | — | 9 | #737 |
| 1893 | — | — | 10 | #659 |
| 1892 | — | — | 18 | #462 |
| 1891 | — | — | 17 | #430 |
| 1890 | — | — | 11 | #607 |
| 1889 | — | — | 19 | #415 |
| 1888 | — | — | 13 | #557 |
| 1887 | — | — | 12 | #520 |
| 1886 | — | — | 12 | #547 |
| 1885 | — | — | 20 | #400 |
| 1884 | — | — | 62 | #211 |
| 1883 | — | — | 13 | #499 |
| 1882 | — | — | 13 | #515 |
| 1881 | — | — | 6 | #797 |
| 1880 | — | — | 5 | #927 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).