NameTides

Blake

Blake was the #316 boys' name in the US in 2025 (1,080 babies), and #144 in England & Wales and #221 in Canada.

Blake as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Blake as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandEngland & WalesCanadaUS
Blake as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#316 (1,080)#144 (367)#41 (100)#107 (22)#156 (33)#221 (154)——
2024#265 (1,321)#104 (507)#41 (102)#144 (15)#119 (47)#144 (225)——
2023#254 (1,374)#104 (509)#30 (129)#113 (22)#113 (50)#160 (202)——
2022#228 (1,581)#89 (619)#34 (131)#96 (27)#94 (68)#115 (276)——
2021#205 (1,850)#74 (771)#25 (159)#75 (39)#118 (55)#120 (295)——
2020#209 (1,815)#102 (583)#42 (121)#87 (34)#131 (46)#114 (303)——
2019#183 (2,141)#96 (646)#48 (111)#85 (36)#133 (45)#97 (354)——
2018#158 (2,466)#84 (733)#54 (109)#121 (20)#106 (62)#100 (356)—#82 (81)
2017#149 (2,626)#84 (799)#55 (106)#110 (26)#116 (56)#94 (381)—#72 (98)
2016#127 (3,290)#73 (893)#71 (102)#100 (31)#105 (65)#79 (448)#85 (115)#68 (90)
2015#96 (4,234)#62 (1,024)#75 (94)#86 (38)#117 (59)#64 (536)#78 (126)#64 (91)
2014#84 (4,948)#57 (1,106)#73 (101)#86 (36)#114 (64)#58 (598)#77 (135)#48 (130)
2013#75 (5,649)#56 (1,083)#74 (100)#62 (49)#127 (49)#56 (564)#63 (160)#38 (162)
2012#71 (6,047)#66 (1,046)#88 (79)#69 (48)#144 (50)#53 (615)#46 (209)#37 (163)
2011#73 (5,617)#79 (831)#108 (61)#111 (26)#137 (51)#69 (499)#46 (199)#38 (156)

Blake as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Blake as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaScotlandUSEngland & WalesIreland
Blake as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#295 (1,035)#596 (65)#211 (18)—#718 (4)#179 (161)
2024#210 (1,461)#432 (99)#184 (22)#288 (5)#372 (10)#141 (196)
2023#221 (1,351)#408 (101)#123 (34)#391 (3)#316 (12)#107 (230)
2022#200 (1,448)#382 (111)#139 (31)—#559 (6)#99 (248)
2021#199 (1,504)#428 (102)#93 (46)#446 (3)#586 (6)#119 (225)
2020#222 (1,319)#463 (87)#139 (31)—#544 (6)#98 (252)
2019#224 (1,388)#432 (97)#158 (28)—#457 (8)#119 (222)
2018#280 (1,185)#484 (89)#172 (26)#313 (5)#568 (6)#129 (211)
2017#269 (1,185)#499 (87)#186 (24)#355 (4)—#138 (212)
2016#298 (1,098)#768 (51)#231 (18)#306 (5)#750 (4)#151 (195)
2015#424 (752)#1,240 (27)#566 (5)——#345 (100)
2014#591 (501)#2,203 (12)#395 (9)——#340 (99)
2013#551 (536)#1,587 (19)#367 (10)——#370 (88)
2012#700 (403)#1,893 (15)#815 (3)—#907 (3)#465 (66)
2011#817 (325)#2,893 (8)#810 (3)——#580 (50)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2012 at #71.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1883.
  • In 2025, 49% of US babies named Blake were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,600 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 740common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 200very common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 380common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 720common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,000uncommon
USGirls2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 3,900uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 990common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 5,300uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 930common

Next year

On its recent trend, Blake is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,700 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,600 to 1 in 1,900.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Blake by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #130WIVermont: #102VTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #425WAIdaho: #256IDMontana: #201MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #251MNIllinois: #400ILMichigan: #178MINew York: #292NYMassachusetts: #274MAOregon: #474ORNevada: #389NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #257IAIndiana: #317INOhio: #274OHPennsylvania: #210PANew Jersey: #363NJConnecticut: #249CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #383CAUtah: #351UTColorado: #251CONebraska: #210NEMissouri: #368MOKentucky: #333KYWest Virginia: #200WVVirginia: #222VAMaryland: #257MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #357AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #324KSArkansas: #284ARTennessee: #299TNNorth Carolina: #309NCSouth Carolina: #385SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #282OKLouisiana: #376LAMississippi: #333MSAlabama: #484ALGeorgia: #499GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #426TXFlorida: #279FL
Blake (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#15984
Quebec2025#17532

Blake (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
BlakeCanadaGirls#179161
BlakeCanadaBoys#221154
BlakeEngland & WalesGirls#59665
BlakeEngland & WalesBoys#144367
BlakeIrelandGirls#7184
BlakeIrelandBoys#15633
BlakeNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
BlakeNorthern IrelandBoys#10722
BlakeNSWBoys—too few
BlakeScotlandGirls#21118
BlakeScotlandBoys#41100
BlakeUSGirls#2951,035
BlakeUSBoys#3161,080
BlakeVICBoys—too few