girls:
517 births since 1980
#5199 (9th percentile)
boys:
4k births since 1921
#1956 (57th percentile)
overall:
4.5k births since 1921
#4080 (47th percentile)
The name Blayne is the #4,080 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,482 recorded births since 1921. This represents the 47.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 47.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,956 (57.3% percentile) for all time with 3,965 births since 1921. For girls, it ranks #5,199 (9.0% percentile) for all time with 517 births since 1980.
Blayne first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1921 (1921 for boys and 1980 for girls). Birth data for Blayne is available in 86 out of the 103 years between 1921 and 2023 (86 years for boys and 41 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 Blayne has been given predominantly to boys, with 88.5% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 74.1% of babies named Blayne were boys.
For boys, Blayne reached its peak popularity in 2009, achieving the 15.8% percentile (ranked #759) with 69 births per million. The name was most common in 2009, with 69 births per million (ranked 15.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2012, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Blayne ranks #876 for boys (3.8% percentile) with 22 births per million, which is 31.5% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Blayne reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 1.9% percentile (ranked #922) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 13 births per million (ranked 1.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Blayne ranks #938 for girls (1.0% percentile) with 8 births per million, which is 61.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Blayne".
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