Blane — #3521 US boys' name
4,420 babies named Blane in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1957. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 75% of names given to boys today.
19% of everyone ever named Blane was born in this single decade.
114 babies were named Blane in 1957 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Blane
The Social Security Administration has registered 4,420 babies named Blane between 1914 and 2024, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Blane currently holds the #3521 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1957, when 114 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Blane performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 843 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Blane shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 398 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Blane in 27 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Blane in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 4,420 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Blane at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Blane popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1914
- Peak year (1957)
- 114
- Annual births at peak — across 111 years of records
Currently ranks #3521 among boys.
4,420 total births across 111 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1957 with 114 births in a single year.
Blane popularity over time — girls
11 total births recorded since 2005 (Blane as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Blane accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Blane by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 843 births that decade — 19% of Blane's all-time total
Blane decade highlights
- Peak decade 843 births
- Runner-up 754 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Blane's strongest decade
843 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 19% of all-time use.
Blane by state
Where Blane concentrates geographically — total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 398 | 9.0% |
| #2 | California | | 170 | 3.8% |
| #3 | Louisiana | | 164 | 3.7% |
| #4 | Florida | | 85 | 1.9% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 71 | 1.6% |
| #6 | Oklahoma | | 50 | 1.1% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 44 | 1.0% |
| #8 | New York | | 41 | 0.9% |
398 of 4,420 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 27 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 9.0% of nationwide
- California 3.8% of nationwide
- Louisiana 3.7% of nationwide
- Florida 1.9% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 1.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 27 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 9.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Blane appears in 27 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1914–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.