Blaine Boy
How popular is Blaine?
#991 boy name in 2025
230 baby boys were named Blaine in the US in 2025, making it the 991st most popular boy name. Another 20 girls got the name (#5,916 for girls).
Blaine popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #991 for boys (▲ 128 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 230 boys, 20 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-43% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #650 in 2015, #882 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2001 (617 boys) |
| Highest rank | #209 in 1884 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 92% boys, 8% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Blaine counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Blaine family of names ranked #739 for boys in 2025 (#817 the year before), with 322 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Blaine is most popular
Babies named Blaine per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Tennessee: 0.4 per 1,000 (65 boys)
- Missouri: 0.4 per 1,000 (49 boys)
- West Virginia: 0.3 per 1,000 (11 boys)
- Iowa: 0.3 per 1,000 (22 boys)
- Kentucky: 0.3 per 1,000 (28 boys)
Blaine by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 175 | #209 |
| 1890s | 96 | #427 |
| 1900s | 84 | #664 |
| 1910s | 824 | #509 |
| 1920s | 1,483 | #456 |
| 1930s | 1,397 | #453 |
| 1940s | 1,624 | #463 |
| 1950s | 3,102 | #395 |
| 1960s | 3,602 | #385 |
| 1970s | 2,604 | #451 |
| 1980s | 3,669 | #374 |
| 1990s | 4,622 | #399 |
| 2000s | 4,799 | #405 |
| 2010s | 3,667 | #569 |
| 2020s | 1,323 | #882 |
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Questions
- Is Blaine a boy or girl name?
- Blaine is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 92% of babies named Blaine were boys.
- How popular is the name Blaine?
- 230 baby boys were named Blaine in the US in 2025, making it the 991st most popular boy name. Another 20 girls got the name (#5,916 for girls).
- When was Blaine most popular?
- Blaine peaked in 2001, when 617 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #209 in 1884.
- How many people are named Blaine?
- 34,307 babies have been named Blaine in the US since 1880. We estimate about 27,379 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 34.
- Where is Blaine most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Blaine was most common in Tennessee, at 0.4 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.