Meaning not yet researched.
Blake: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 1,080 in 2025. Its best rank was #71 in 2012.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #71 in 2012; #316 in 2025. About 51% of babies named Blake in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#316 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2012, at #71.
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Blake: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 1,080 boys in 2025. Peak: #71 in 2012 · most boys in one year: 6,047 (2012).
In 2025, 1,080 US boys were named Blake, making it the 316th most common boys’ name of the year, down 51 places from #265 in 2024. That is 241 fewer than the 1,321 boys named Blake in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #71, reached in 2012. That year also had the most boys given the name: 6,047. For comparison, it was #96 in 2015 and #595 in 1950.
In 2025, 1,035 US girls were named Blake, making it the 295th most common girls’ name of the year, down 85 places from #210 in 2024. That is 426 fewer than the 1,461 girls named Blake in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #199, reached in 2021. That year also had the most girls given the name: 1,504. For comparison, it was #424 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Blake in 132 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1883 with 5 babies. In all, 206,623 US babies have been given the name, 9.7% of them girls and 90% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2000s, with 51,447 babies named Blake.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 19,544 US boys were named Blake; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 3,290. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,582 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Blake ranked highest in Vermont in 2025, at #106 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Blayke (2,572 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Blaike, Blaik and Blayk 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: Blaike (394), Blaik (34), Blayk (33), Blace (25).
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 Blake 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 11 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont | 5 | #106 | #110 |
| Wisconsin | 47 | #130 | #70 |
| Michigan | 57 | #179 | #39 |
| West Virginia | 9 | #201 | #66 |
| Montana | 6 | #203 | #44 |
| Pennsylvania | 60 | #210 | #61 |
| Nebraska | 12 | #212 | #78 |
| Virginia | 40 | #222 | #98 |
| Connecticut | 13 | #252 | #90 |
| Colorado | 26 | #252 | #102 |
| Minnesota | 24 | #253 | #64 |
| Idaho | 10 | #258 | #52 |
| Maryland | 21 | #258 | #69 |
| Iowa | 15 | #259 | #71 |
| Ohio | 45 | #274 | #71 |
| Massachusetts | 21 | #275 | #113 |
| Florida | 73 | #279 | #81 |
| Oklahoma | 17 | #283 | #101 |
| Arkansas | 12 | #285 | #192 |
| New York | 64 | #292 | #100 |
| Tennessee | 29 | #299 | #137 |
| North Carolina | 39 | #310 | #119 |
| Indiana | 24 | #317 | #94 |
| Kansas | 11 | #327 | #93 |
| Kentucky | 15 | #334 | #100 |
| Mississippi | 9 | #335 | #143 |
| Utah | 13 | #354 | #99 |
| Arizona | 21 | #361 | #108 |
| New Jersey | 22 | #366 | #117 |
| Missouri | 17 | #372 | #83 |
| Louisiana | 13 | #377 | #145 |
| California | 86 | #383 | #142 |
| South Carolina | 13 | #386 | #141 |
| Nevada | 7 | #396 | #105 |
| Illinois | 27 | #400 | #101 |
| Texas | 79 | #426 | #159 |
| Washington | 17 | #426 | #109 |
| Oregon | 7 | #481 | #89 |
| Alabama | 10 | #486 | #137 |
| Georgia | 21 | #500 | #122 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,035 | #295 | 1,080 | #316 |
| 2024 | 1,461 | #210 | 1,321 | #265 |
| 2023 | 1,351 | #221 | 1,374 | #254 |
| 2022 | 1,448 | #200 | 1,581 | #228 |
| 2021 | 1,504 | #199 | 1,850 | #205 |
| 2020 | 1,319 | #222 | 1,815 | #209 |
| 2019 | 1,388 | #224 | 2,141 | #183 |
| 2018 | 1,185 | #280 | 2,466 | #158 |
| 2017 | 1,185 | #269 | 2,626 | #149 |
| 2016 | 1,098 | #298 | 3,290 | #127 |
| 2015 | 752 | #424 | 4,234 | #96 |
| 2014 | 501 | #591 | 4,948 | #84 |
| 2013 | 536 | #551 | 5,649 | #75 |
| 2012 | 403 | #700 | 6,047 | #71 |
| 2011 | 325 | #817 | 5,617 | #73 |
| 2010 | 241 | #1,035 | 4,703 | #87 |
| 2009 | 230 | #1,108 | 4,952 | #89 |
| 2008 | 162 | #1,455 | 5,099 | #90 |
| 2007 | 90 | #2,198 | 5,277 | #88 |
| 2006 | 91 | #2,133 | 4,537 | #97 |
| 2005 | 86 | #2,142 | 4,418 | #99 |
| 2004 | 114 | #1,699 | 4,694 | #95 |
| 2003 | 108 | #1,745 | 5,275 | #79 |
| 2002 | 130 | #1,469 | 5,358 | #76 |
| 2001 | 144 | #1,332 | 5,356 | #77 |
| 2000 | 183 | #1,115 | 5,143 | #80 |
| 1999 | 172 | #1,138 | 4,812 | #84 |
| 1998 | 173 | #1,114 | 4,607 | #85 |
| 1997 | 207 | #953 | 4,728 | #80 |
| 1996 | 190 | #990 | 4,747 | #84 |
| 1995 | 203 | #926 | 4,821 | #77 |
| 1994 | 192 | #965 | 4,879 | #81 |
| 1993 | 196 | #962 | 4,504 | #83 |
| 1992 | 190 | #997 | 4,397 | #84 |
| 1991 | 198 | #957 | 4,275 | #86 |
| 1990 | 203 | #935 | 4,103 | #91 |
| 1989 | 148 | #1,118 | 3,521 | #97 |
| 1988 | 91 | #1,493 | 3,100 | #103 |
| 1987 | 103 | #1,330 | 2,785 | #106 |
| 1986 | 89 | #1,440 | 2,790 | #101 |
| 1985 | 62 | #1,813 | 2,922 | #100 |
| 1984 | 48 | #2,081 | 2,759 | #103 |
| 1983 | 46 | #2,136 | 2,497 | #109 |
| 1982 | 57 | #1,876 | 2,351 | #120 |
| 1981 | 64 | #1,754 | 1,702 | #159 |
| 1980 | 39 | #2,442 | 971 | #237 |
| 1979 | 42 | #2,277 | 744 | #276 |
| 1978 | 34 | #2,521 | 668 | #288 |
| 1977 | 25 | #3,090 | 644 | #300 |
| 1976 | 13 | #4,648 | 554 | #319 |
| 1975 | 24 | #2,976 | 523 | #333 |
| 1974 | 22 | #3,119 | 419 | #374 |
| 1973 | 15 | #3,991 | 427 | #370 |
| 1972 | 22 | #2,983 | 462 | #364 |
| 1971 | 13 | #4,326 | 476 | #368 |
| 1970 | 17 | #3,593 | 526 | #353 |
| 1969 | 14 | #3,796 | 520 | #347 |
| 1968 | 20 | #2,881 | 404 | #387 |
| 1967 | 9 | #4,655 | 422 | #364 |
| 1966 | 9 | #4,523 | 400 | #377 |
| 1965 | 10 | #4,222 | 445 | #364 |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,044 | 472 | #359 |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,342 | 569 | #330 |
| 1962 | 9 | #4,561 | 546 | #335 |
| 1961 | — | — | 512 | #350 |
| 1960 | — | — | 431 | #380 |
| 1959 | — | — | 411 | #391 |
| 1958 | — | — | 366 | #407 |
| 1957 | — | — | 288 | #455 |
| 1956 | — | — | 282 | #451 |
| 1955 | — | — | 279 | #445 |
| 1954 | — | — | 279 | #433 |
| 1953 | 6 | #5,095 | 207 | #488 |
| 1952 | — | — | 212 | #480 |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,481 | 139 | #586 |
| 1950 | — | — | 131 | #595 |
| 1949 | — | — | 89 | #729 |
| 1948 | — | — | 76 | #784 |
| 1947 | — | — | 86 | #743 |
| 1946 | — | — | 71 | #788 |
| 1945 | — | — | 51 | #885 |
| 1944 | — | — | 42 | #1,005 |
| 1943 | — | — | 58 | #876 |
| 1942 | — | — | 44 | #1,008 |
| 1941 | — | — | 33 | #1,155 |
| 1940 | — | — | 33 | #1,160 |
| 1939 | — | — | 30 | #1,198 |
| 1938 | — | — | 28 | #1,251 |
| 1937 | — | — | 28 | #1,266 |
| 1936 | — | — | 30 | #1,208 |
| 1935 | — | — | 34 | #1,126 |
| 1934 | — | — | 36 | #1,095 |
| 1933 | — | — | 41 | #998 |
| 1932 | — | — | 33 | #1,176 |
| 1931 | — | — | 31 | #1,239 |
| 1930 | — | — | 29 | #1,336 |
| 1929 | — | — | 30 | #1,297 |
| 1928 | — | — | 37 | #1,170 |
| 1927 | — | — | 41 | #1,114 |
| 1926 | — | — | 36 | #1,193 |
| 1925 | — | — | 37 | #1,164 |
| 1924 | — | — | 41 | #1,120 |
| 1923 | — | — | 42 | #1,101 |
| 1922 | — | — | 39 | #1,143 |
| 1921 | — | — | 61 | #892 |
| 1920 | — | — | 50 | #977 |
| 1919 | — | — | 45 | #1,009 |
| 1918 | — | — | 39 | #1,097 |
| 1917 | — | — | 38 | #1,079 |
| 1916 | — | — | 29 | #1,244 |
| 1915 | — | — | 38 | #1,038 |
| 1914 | — | — | 20 | #1,346 |
| 1913 | — | — | 16 | #1,319 |
| 1912 | — | — | 13 | #1,365 |
| 1911 | — | — | 12 | #988 |
| 1910 | — | — | 10 | #1,051 |
| 1909 | — | — | 8 | #1,092 |
| 1908 | — | — | 6 | #1,234 |
| 1906 | — | — | 9 | #862 |
| 1904 | — | — | 5 | #1,226 |
| 1903 | — | — | 7 | #919 |
| 1901 | — | — | 5 | #1,068 |
| 1900 | — | — | 5 | #1,335 |
| 1897 | — | — | 6 | #954 |
| 1895 | — | — | 5 | #1,097 |
| 1894 | — | — | 7 | #871 |
| 1893 | — | — | 6 | #924 |
| 1892 | — | — | 8 | #805 |
| 1890 | — | — | 5 | #1,020 |
| 1888 | — | — | 5 | #1,054 |
| 1886 | — | — | 9 | #654 |
| 1883 | — | — | 5 | #909 |
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).