girls:
17.6k births since 1951
#1120 (80th percentile)
boys:
184.1k births since 1883
#196 (96th percentile)
overall:
201.7k births since 1883
#387 (95th percentile)
The name Blake is the #387 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 201,678 recorded births since 1883. This represents the 95.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 95.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #196 (95.7% percentile) for all time with 184,119 births since 1883. For girls, it ranks #1,120 (80.4% percentile) for all time with 17,559 births since 1951.
Blake first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1883 (1883 for boys and 1951 for girls). Birth data for Blake is available in 130 out of the 141 years between 1883 and 2023 (130 years for boys and 64 years for girls). 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.
The name Blake has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 91.3% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 50.4% of babies named Blake were boys.
For boys, Blake reached its peak popularity in 2012, achieving the 92.2% percentile (ranked #71) with 2,980 births per million. The name was most common in 2012, with 2,980 births per million (ranked 92.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2014, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Blake ranks #249 for boys (72.7% percentile) with 746 births per million, which is 25.0% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Blake reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 79.7% percentile (ranked #191) with 838 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 838 births per million (ranked 79.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2007, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Blake ranks #211 for girls (77.8% percentile) with 769 births per million, which is 91.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Blake".
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