Boys' name · since 1982
Blade
2,136 babies named Blade in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #3,171 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,488 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,136
- born since 1982
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Blade is the #3488 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 2,136 recorded since 1982.
Blade has 2,136 recorded births among boys since 1982, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3488 as of the latest data, more common than 75% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1982 to 2025.
- #3,171 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #3,488 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 2,136 born since 1982
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Blade ranks #3,171 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,488 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 2,136 born since 1982, peaking in the 2000s.
- #3,171 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,488 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,136
- born since 1982
- 2000s
- peak decade
Blade's 2,136 recorded births place it above 93.02% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
17 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Blade compares
2,136 Top 21% higher than 79% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Blade's all-time total is 6x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Blade | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,136 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 112 | 34 | 22,252 |
Blade's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Blade's full recorded timeline at 2004, 44% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 56% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1982, with just 7 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2002 peak of 112 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Blade popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–2025
- Peak year (2002)
- 112
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Blade by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (758 births, 35% of the file).
2000s was Blade's strongest decade.
758 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Blade births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 86
1980s
86 births
- 1990s
1990s
718 births
- 2000s
2000s
758 births
- 2010s
2010s
397 births
- 2020s 177
2020s
177 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 758 births (35% of all-time use).
How Blade compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Blade's total volume
Blade by state
Where Blade concentrates geographically, total births since 1982
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 112 | 5.2% |
| #2 | Ohio | | 90 | 4.2% |
| #3 | Louisiana | | 83 | 3.9% |
| #4 | Indiana | | 56 | 2.6% |
| #5 | California | | 43 | 2.0% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 33 | 1.5% |
| #7 | Oklahoma | | 32 | 1.5% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 27 | 1.3% |
112 of 2,136 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 17 reporting states.
Blade appears in 17 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Blade's data
- Blade's decade-level peak was the 2000s (758 total births); usage has since declined to 177 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Blades (112 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Blade: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2002)
Similar record span (~43 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1982–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Blade draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.