Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Blain

#2,877 most common boys' name of all time · #6,955 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1884–2025

Rank among boys
#2,877
Rank overall
#6,955 of 105,966
First appeared
1884
Years on the list
110 of 146
All-time
2,306
Since 2016
97
Peak year
2003 #1,990
Best rank
#1,079 1884
Girls Boys peak 58/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Blain first appears in 1884. 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 by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 10 10 #7,701
2024 — 7 7 #9,924
2023 — 8 8 #8,950
2022 — 6 6 #10,903
2021 — 6 6 #10,849
2020 — 7 7 #9,582
2019 — 10 10 #7,665
2018 — 11 11 #7,163
2017 — 11 11 #7,113
2016 — 21 21 #4,630
2015 — 22 22 #4,417
2014 — 24 24 #4,144
2013 — 20 20 #4,635
2012 — 19 19 #4,874
2011 5 28 33 #3,701
2010 — 18 18 #5,057
2009 6 33 39 #3,334
2008 — 27 27 #3,829
2007 — 35 35 #3,194
2006 6 36 42 #3,030
2005 — 31 31 #3,251
2004 — 30 30 #3,225
2003 — 58 58 #1,990
2002 — 48 48 #2,196
2001 — 36 36 #2,624
2000 — 38 38 #2,483
1999 — 33 33 #2,617
1998 — 37 37 #2,353
1997 — 40 40 #2,170
1996 — 31 31 #2,489
1995 — 26 26 #2,769
1994 — 34 34 #2,311
1993 — 29 29 #2,525
1992 — 42 42 #1,918
1991 — 52 52 #1,618
1990 — 41 41 #1,876
1989 — 43 43 #1,771
1988 — 55 55 #1,407
1987 — 38 38 #1,736
1986 — 30 30 #1,971
1985 — 25 25 #2,178
1984 — 27 27 #1,991
1983 — 13 13 #3,253
1982 — 27 27 #2,009
1981 — 18 18 #2,590
1980 — 23 23 #2,235
1979 — 22 22 #2,247
1978 — 32 32 #1,695
1977 — 21 21 #2,221
1976 — 19 19 #2,337
1975 — 21 21 #2,148
1974 — 16 16 #2,474
1973 — 23 23 #1,880
1972 — 24 24 #1,834
1971 — 31 31 #1,568
1970 — 33 33 #1,469
1969 — 28 28 #1,541
1968 — 29 29 #1,463
1967 — 32 32 #1,348
1966 — 21 21 #1,695
1965 — 30 30 #1,411
1964 — 25 25 #1,589
1963 — 29 29 #1,466
1962 — 39 39 #1,245
1961 — 38 38 #1,289
1960 — 28 28 #1,532
1959 — 27 27 #1,534
1958 — 31 31 #1,406
1957 — 26 26 #1,554
1956 — 11 11 #2,528
1955 — 15 15 #2,080
1954 — 17 17 #1,899
1953 — 14 14 #2,119
1952 — 13 13 #2,183
1951 — 16 16 #1,927
1950 — 13 13 #2,137
1949 — 8 8 #2,850
1948 — 11 11 #2,355
1947 — 6 6 #3,421
1946 — 9 9 #2,569
1944 — 9 9 #2,512
1943 — 7 7 #3,000
1942 — 5 5 #3,618
1941 — 7 7 #2,918
1940 — 10 10 #2,369
1939 — 9 9 #2,479
1938 — 6 6 #3,230
1937 — 6 6 #3,235
1936 — 7 7 #2,904
1935 — 8 8 #2,771
1934 — 8 8 #2,798
1933 — 10 10 #2,402
1931 — 8 8 #2,911
1930 — 14 14 #2,109
1928 — 13 13 #2,308
1927 — 8 8 #3,199
1926 — 6 6 #3,770
1925 — 10 10 #2,792
1924 — 9 9 #3,053
1923 — 18 18 #1,898
1922 — 9 9 #3,061
1921 — 20 20 #1,786
1920 — 8 8 #3,242
1919 — 6 6 #3,774
1918 — 12 12 #2,420
1916 — 12 12 #2,296
1915 — 7 7 #3,125
1914 — 5 5 #3,306
1913 — 5 5 #2,883
1884 — 5 5 #1,079