Blade

#3,018 most common boys' name of all time · #7,306 across all names · 100% boys / 0% girls · used 1982–2025

Rank among boys

#3,018

Rank overall

#7,306 of 105,966

First appeared

1982

Years on the list

43 of 146

All-time

2,136

Since 2016

299

Peak year

2002 #1,227

Best rank

#1,172 1996

Girls Boys peak 112/yr

Blade first appears in 1982. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year	Girls	Boys	Total	Rank
2025	—	33	33	#3,488
2024	—	25	25	#4,257
2023	—	25	25	#4,267
2022	—	39	39	#3,136
2021	—	27	27	#3,955
2020	—	28	28	#3,773
2019	—	29	29	#3,753
2018	—	39	39	#3,032
2017	—	22	22	#4,534
2016	—	32	32	#3,490
2015	—	44	44	#2,748
2014	—	35	35	#3,200
2013	—	44	44	#2,697
2012	—	56	56	#2,319
2011	—	54	54	#2,367
2010	—	42	42	#2,855
2009	—	56	56	#2,337
2008	—	49	49	#2,577
2007	—	59	59	#2,252
2006	—	61	61	#2,142
2005	—	72	72	#1,810
2004	—	62	62	#1,969
2003	—	89	89	#1,476
2002	—	112	112	#1,227
2001	—	103	103	#1,286
2000	—	95	95	#1,351
1999	—	99	99	#1,258
1998	—	88	88	#1,355
1997	—	77	77	#1,422
1996	—	100	100	#1,172
1995	—	89	89	#1,238
1994	—	93	93	#1,199
1993	—	72	72	#1,357
1992	—	49	49	#1,747
1991	—	32	32	#2,291
1990	—	19	19	#3,297
1989	—	23	23	#2,773
1988	—	11	11	#4,428
1987	—	10	10	#4,548
1986	—	14	14	#3,431
1985	—	13	13	#3,594
1984	—	8	8	#4,960
1982	—	7	7	#5,582