boys:
2.1k births since 1982
#2755 (40th percentile)
overall:
2.1k births since 1982
#5705 (26th percentile)
The name Blade is the #5,705 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,077 recorded births since 1982. This represents the 26.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 26.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,755 (39.9% percentile) for all time with 2,077 births since 1982.
Blade first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1982 (first recorded for boys in 1982). Birth data for Blade is available in 41 out of the 42 years between 1982 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Blade reached its peak popularity in 2002, achieving the 13.2% percentile (ranked #706) with 54 births per million. The name was most common in 2002, with 54 births per million (ranked 13.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Blade ranks #892 for boys (2.1% percentile) with 13 births per million, which is 24.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Blade".
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