Blaine
Blaine was given to 230 boys in 2025, #992 among boys’ names; 34,307 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 27,000 Americans named Blaine and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (79% of everyone recorded); the median is 34 years old and half are between 20 and 53.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Blaine by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Blaine mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Blaine is “a male or unisex given name transferred from the surname.”
/bleɪn/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Blaine?
#992 among boys’ names, 2025
Blaine fell from #650 in 2015 to #992 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 0.21 to 0.13 per 1,000.
644 babies in 2001, the peak
Blaine peaked in 2001, when 644 babies were given it (617 boys, #405 among boys’ names). The 250 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 39% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 230 | #992 | 0.13 |
| 2024 | 191 | #1,119 | 0.11 |
| 2023 | 208 | #1,047 | 0.12 |
| 2022 | 214 | #1,032 | 0.12 |
| 2021 | 224 | #984 | 0.13 |
| 2020 | 256 | #882 | 0.15 |
| 2019 | 251 | #876 | 0.14 |
| 2018 | 249 | #876 | 0.14 |
| 2017 | 323 | #737 | 0.17 |
| 2016 | 359 | #689 | 0.19 |
Every recorded year (142)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 400 | #650 | 0.21 |
| 2014 | 377 | #674 | 0.20 |
| 2013 | 446 | #578 | 0.24 |
| 2012 | 442 | #580 | 0.23 |
| 2011 | 439 | #569 | 0.23 |
| 2010 | 381 | #635 | 0.20 |
| 2009 | 390 | #642 | 0.20 |
| 2008 | 404 | #615 | 0.20 |
| 2007 | 461 | #560 | 0.22 |
| 2006 | 436 | #572 | 0.21 |
| 2005 | 467 | #525 | 0.23 |
| 2004 | 402 | #566 | 0.20 |
| 2003 | 519 | #478 | 0.26 |
| 2002 | 576 | #434 | 0.30 |
| 2001 | 617 | #405 | 0.32 |
| 2000 | 527 | #451 | 0.27 |
| 1999 | 401 | #525 | 0.21 |
| 1998 | 434 | #498 | 0.23 |
| 1997 | 484 | #454 | 0.26 |
| 1996 | 413 | #505 | 0.22 |
| 1995 | 434 | #494 | 0.23 |
| 1994 | 403 | #503 | 0.21 |
| 1993 | 457 | #460 | 0.23 |
| 1992 | 503 | #438 | 0.25 |
| 1991 | 516 | #433 | 0.26 |
| 1990 | 577 | #399 | 0.28 |
| 1989 | 599 | #374 | 0.30 |
| 1988 | 502 | #395 | 0.26 |
| 1987 | 503 | #382 | 0.27 |
| 1986 | 383 | #438 | 0.21 |
| 1985 | 310 | #491 | 0.17 |
| 1984 | 276 | #514 | 0.15 |
| 1983 | 266 | #514 | 0.15 |
| 1982 | 260 | #530 | 0.14 |
| 1981 | 303 | #480 | 0.17 |
| 1980 | 267 | #526 | 0.15 |
| 1979 | 229 | #567 | 0.13 |
| 1978 | 238 | #537 | 0.14 |
| 1977 | 250 | #530 | 0.15 |
| 1976 | 262 | #491 | 0.17 |
| 1975 | 243 | #514 | 0.16 |
| 1974 | 234 | #515 | 0.15 |
| 1973 | 252 | #489 | 0.16 |
| 1972 | 259 | #488 | 0.16 |
| 1971 | 307 | #466 | 0.17 |
| 1970 | 330 | #451 | 0.18 |
| 1969 | 340 | #429 | 0.19 |
| 1968 | 299 | #441 | 0.17 |
| 1967 | 280 | #450 | 0.16 |
| 1966 | 308 | #433 | 0.17 |
| 1965 | 344 | #420 | 0.18 |
| 1964 | 397 | #398 | 0.20 |
| 1963 | 390 | #407 | 0.19 |
| 1962 | 434 | #385 | 0.21 |
| 1961 | 423 | #386 | 0.20 |
| 1960 | 387 | #403 | 0.18 |
| 1959 | 351 | #426 | 0.16 |
| 1958 | 338 | #428 | 0.16 |
| 1957 | 345 | #420 | 0.16 |
| 1956 | 352 | #404 | 0.17 |
| 1955 | 315 | #413 | 0.15 |
| 1954 | 325 | #398 | 0.16 |
| 1953 | 314 | #395 | 0.16 |
| 1952 | 268 | #423 | 0.14 |
| 1951 | 259 | #421 | 0.14 |
| 1950 | 235 | #432 | 0.13 |
| 1949 | 187 | #481 | 0.11 |
| 1948 | 206 | #464 | 0.12 |
| 1947 | 210 | #463 | 0.11 |
| 1946 | 184 | #473 | 0.11 |
| 1945 | 137 | #513 | 0.10 |
| 1944 | 117 | #565 | 0.09 |
| 1943 | 163 | #482 | 0.11 |
| 1942 | 149 | #502 | 0.11 |
| 1941 | 136 | #500 | 0.11 |
| 1940 | 135 | #500 | 0.12 |
| 1939 | 145 | #472 | 0.13 |
| 1938 | 125 | #518 | 0.11 |
| 1937 | 128 | #508 | 0.12 |
| 1936 | 146 | #466 | 0.14 |
| 1935 | 140 | #479 | 0.13 |
| 1934 | 147 | #465 | 0.14 |
| 1933 | 148 | #453 | 0.15 |
| 1932 | 135 | #493 | 0.13 |
| 1931 | 126 | #512 | 0.12 |
| 1930 | 157 | #474 | 0.14 |
| 1929 | 153 | #474 | 0.14 |
| 1928 | 135 | #518 | 0.12 |
| 1927 | 139 | #518 | 0.12 |
| 1926 | 146 | #500 | 0.13 |
| 1925 | 134 | #531 | 0.12 |
| 1924 | 148 | #516 | 0.13 |
| 1923 | 179 | #456 | 0.16 |
| 1922 | 155 | #499 | 0.14 |
| 1921 | 159 | #493 | 0.14 |
| 1920 | 135 | #524 | 0.13 |
| 1919 | 136 | #511 | 0.14 |
| 1918 | 117 | #557 | 0.12 |
| 1917 | 127 | #509 | 0.14 |
| 1916 | 119 | #523 | 0.13 |
| 1915 | 105 | #544 | 0.12 |
| 1914 | 72 | #591 | 0.11 |
| 1913 | 64 | #539 | 0.12 |
| 1912 | 41 | #660 | 0.10 |
| 1911 | 23 | #650 | 0.10 |
| 1910 | 20 | #656 | 0.10 |
| 1909 | 12 | #847 | 0.07 |
| 1908 | 11 | #831 | 0.07 |
| 1907 | 15 | #670 | 0.10 |
| 1906 | 9 | #861 | 0.07 |
| 1905 | 12 | #703 | 0.09 |
| 1904 | 12 | #689 | 0.09 |
| 1903 | 8 | #853 | 0.07 |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,333 | 0.03 |
| 1898 | 8 | #808 | 0.07 |
| 1896 | 15 | #537 | 0.13 |
| 1895 | 8 | #805 | 0.07 |
| 1894 | 9 | #736 | 0.08 |
| 1893 | 10 | #659 | 0.09 |
| 1892 | 18 | #462 | 0.15 |
| 1891 | 17 | #430 | 0.17 |
| 1890 | 11 | #607 | 0.10 |
| 1889 | 19 | #415 | 0.17 |
| 1888 | 13 | #557 | 0.11 |
| 1887 | 12 | #520 | 0.12 |
| 1886 | 12 | #547 | 0.11 |
| 1885 | 20 | #400 | 0.19 |
| 1884 | 62 | #211 | 0.54 |
| 1883 | 13 | #499 | 0.12 |
| 1882 | 13 | #515 | 0.11 |
| 1881 | 6 | #796 | 0.06 |
| 1880 | 5 | #927 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Blaine a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 34,307 Americans recorded as Blaine, 4% are girls and 96% boys. In 2025 it went to 20 girls and 230 boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Blaine: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Blaine, and how old are they?
27,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 79% of the 34,307 Americans ever recorded as Blaine. The median Blaine alive today is 34 years old; half are between 20 and 53.
The 2020 Census counted 25,082 people named Blaine (1,052 women and girls, 24,030 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 26,779 born in the U.S. The Census count is 6% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 488 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 4,080 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 3,990 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 6,860 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 7,570 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 3,980 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Blaine born?
The states with the most babies named Blaine are Texas, Tennessee and Ohio, with 30% of its births recorded by state in 2025; Tennessee is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 22 | #1,220 | 0.8× |
| Tennessee | 18 | #431 | 0.7× |
| Ohio | 16 | #597 | 1.0× |
| California | 11 | #1,519 | 0.5× |
| Michigan | 10 | #723 | 0.8× |
| Virginia | 10 | #676 | 0.5× |
| Louisiana | 9 | #491 | 2.2× |
| Florida | 9 | #1,267 | 0.7× |
| Missouri | 8 | #654 | 1.1× |
| North Carolina | 8 | #949 | 0.5× |
Where Blaine is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Blaine is most over-represented in Utah: since 1910 it was given 3.9 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Blaine with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 43,369 babies since 1880, Blaine is the most given (79% of them). In 2025 it was given to 250 of their 335 babies (75%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Blaine
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Blaine and names like it
- Compare Blaine and BlayneBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sBlaine peaked in 2001.
- Pennsylvania’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Blaine since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Blaine: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2001The year the most babies were named Blaine.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Blaine alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with BMost given first.