How Many People Are Named Blaine?
people named Blaine are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 12,587 people in the US has this name
Based on 34,307 babies named Blaine in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
644 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a Scottish surname which was derived from the given name Bláán, which meant "yellow" in Gaelic. Saint Bláán was a 6th-century missionary to the Picts.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Blaine, 4.4% were girls and 95.6% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Blaine rose from 0% in the 1880s to 10.7% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Blaine alive today is about 36 years old, and 44% are under 30. Half of them were between 19 and 53 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Blaine first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2001, to 644 babies. In 2025, 250 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Blaine has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #211, in 1884. In 2025 it ranked #992.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #992 |
| Best rank | #211 (1884) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #523 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Blaine alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Blaine were born in Texas than in any other state: about 2,150 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Blaine was given 5.4 times as often in Utah, 4.8 times in Idaho and 4.2 times in North Dakota.
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