Blake*
#184 most common boys' name of all time · #389 across all names · 90% male / 10% female · used 1883–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#184
Rank overall
#389 of 105,966
First appeared
1883
Years on the list
132 of 146
All-time
206,623
Since 2016
32,518
Peak year
2012 #71
Best rank
#71 2012
Girls
Boys
peak 6,450/yr
Blake first appears in 1883. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,035 | 1,080 | 2,115 | #316 |
| 2024 | 1,461 | 1,321 | 2,782 | #265 |
| 2023 | 1,351 | 1,374 | 2,725 | #255 |
| 2022 | 1,448 | 1,581 | 3,029 | #228 |
| 2021 | 1,504 | 1,850 | 3,354 | #205 |
| 2020 | 1,319 | 1,815 | 3,134 | #209 |
| 2019 | 1,388 | 2,141 | 3,529 | #183 |
| 2018 | 1,185 | 2,466 | 3,651 | #158 |
| 2017 | 1,185 | 2,626 | 3,811 | #149 |
| 2016 | 1,098 | 3,290 | 4,388 | #127 |
| 2015 | 752 | 4,234 | 4,986 | #97 |
| 2014 | 501 | 4,948 | 5,449 | #84 |
| 2013 | 536 | 5,649 | 6,185 | #75 |
| 2012 | 403 | 6,047 | 6,450 | #71 |
| 2011 | 325 | 5,617 | 5,942 | #73 |
| 2010 | 241 | 4,703 | 4,944 | #87 |
| 2009 | 230 | 4,952 | 5,182 | #89 |
| 2008 | 162 | 5,099 | 5,261 | #90 |
| 2007 | 90 | 5,277 | 5,367 | #88 |
| 2006 | 91 | 4,537 | 4,628 | #97 |
| 2005 | 86 | 4,418 | 4,504 | #99 |
| 2004 | 114 | 4,694 | 4,808 | #95 |
| 2003 | 108 | 5,275 | 5,383 | #79 |
| 2002 | 130 | 5,358 | 5,488 | #76 |
| 2001 | 144 | 5,356 | 5,500 | #77 |
| 2000 | 183 | 5,143 | 5,326 | #80 |
| 1999 | 172 | 4,812 | 4,984 | #84 |
| 1998 | 173 | 4,607 | 4,780 | #85 |
| 1997 | 207 | 4,728 | 4,935 | #80 |
| 1996 | 190 | 4,747 | 4,937 | #84 |
| 1995 | 203 | 4,821 | 5,024 | #77 |
| 1994 | 192 | 4,879 | 5,071 | #81 |
| 1993 | 196 | 4,504 | 4,700 | #83 |
| 1992 | 190 | 4,397 | 4,587 | #84 |
| 1991 | 198 | 4,275 | 4,473 | #86 |
| 1990 | 203 | 4,103 | 4,306 | #91 |
| 1989 | 148 | 3,521 | 3,669 | #97 |
| 1988 | 91 | 3,100 | 3,191 | #103 |
| 1987 | 103 | 2,785 | 2,888 | #106 |
| 1986 | 89 | 2,790 | 2,879 | #101 |
| 1985 | 62 | 2,922 | 2,984 | #100 |
| 1984 | 48 | 2,759 | 2,807 | #103 |
| 1983 | 46 | 2,497 | 2,543 | #109 |
| 1982 | 57 | 2,351 | 2,408 | #120 |
| 1981 | 64 | 1,702 | 1,766 | #159 |
| 1980 | 39 | 971 | 1,010 | #237 |
| 1979 | 42 | 744 | 786 | #276 |
| 1978 | 34 | 668 | 702 | #288 |
| 1977 | 25 | 644 | 669 | #300 |
| 1976 | 13 | 554 | 567 | #319 |
| 1975 | 24 | 523 | 547 | #333 |
| 1974 | 22 | 419 | 441 | #375 |
| 1973 | 15 | 427 | 442 | #370 |
| 1972 | 22 | 462 | 484 | #365 |
| 1971 | 13 | 476 | 489 | #368 |
| 1970 | 17 | 526 | 543 | #353 |
| 1969 | 14 | 520 | 534 | #347 |
| 1968 | 20 | 404 | 424 | #387 |
| 1967 | 9 | 422 | 431 | #365 |
| 1966 | 9 | 400 | 409 | #377 |
| 1965 | 10 | 445 | 455 | #364 |
| 1964 | 8 | 472 | 480 | #359 |
| 1963 | 7 | 569 | 576 | #330 |
| 1962 | 9 | 546 | 555 | #335 |
| 1961 | — | 512 | 512 | #350 |
| 1960 | — | 431 | 431 | #381 |
| 1959 | — | 411 | 411 | #392 |
| 1958 | — | 366 | 366 | #408 |
| 1957 | — | 288 | 288 | #455 |
| 1956 | — | 282 | 282 | #452 |
| 1955 | — | 279 | 279 | #445 |
| 1954 | — | 279 | 279 | #435 |
| 1953 | 6 | 207 | 213 | #489 |
| 1952 | — | 212 | 212 | #482 |
| 1951 | 5 | 139 | 144 | #589 |
| 1950 | — | 131 | 131 | #596 |
| 1949 | — | 89 | 89 | #731 |
| 1948 | — | 76 | 76 | #787 |
| 1947 | — | 86 | 86 | #744 |
| 1946 | — | 71 | 71 | #790 |
| 1945 | — | 51 | 51 | #893 |
| 1944 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,010 |
| 1943 | — | 58 | 58 | #882 |
| 1942 | — | 44 | 44 | #1,016 |
| 1941 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,160 |
| 1940 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,170 |
| 1939 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,210 |
| 1938 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,257 |
| 1937 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,278 |
| 1936 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,214 |
| 1935 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,134 |
| 1934 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,103 |
| 1933 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,004 |
| 1932 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,186 |
| 1931 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,241 |
| 1930 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,344 |
| 1929 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,301 |
| 1928 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,178 |
| 1927 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,122 |
| 1926 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,203 |
| 1925 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,172 |
| 1924 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,127 |
| 1923 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,107 |
| 1922 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,149 |
| 1921 | — | 61 | 61 | #897 |
| 1920 | — | 50 | 50 | #981 |
| 1919 | — | 45 | 45 | #1,013 |
| 1918 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,103 |
| 1917 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,086 |
| 1916 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,248 |
| 1915 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,048 |
| 1914 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,366 |
| 1913 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,340 |
| 1912 | — | 13 | 13 | #1,378 |
| 1911 | — | 12 | 12 | #1,017 |
| 1910 | — | 10 | 10 | #1,093 |
| 1909 | — | 8 | 8 | #1,121 |
| 1908 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,289 |
| 1906 | — | 9 | 9 | #902 |
| 1904 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,301 |
| 1903 | — | 7 | 7 | #981 |
| 1901 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,151 |
| 1900 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,401 |
| 1897 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,026 |
| 1895 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,175 |
| 1894 | — | 7 | 7 | #926 |
| 1893 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,000 |
| 1892 | — | 8 | 8 | #849 |
| 1890 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,104 |
| 1888 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,122 |
| 1886 | — | 9 | 9 | #690 |
| 1883 | — | 5 | 5 | #990 |