first name
BLAINE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 25,082 people named Blaine, 86.6% reported their origin as White, 3.8% as two or more races and 3.5% as Black. 95.8% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Blaine peaked in 2001, when 644 babies got the name.
At least 34,307 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Blaine by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #905. The largest share of babies named Blaine, 22.4%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Blaine is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Blaine has been most common in Utah (6×), Idaho (5×), and North Dakota (3.7×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.1×).
27,368 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Blaine
Spelled almost the same
3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Blaine, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Blaine ranks #5,503 of 156,621, with 6,098 people. See Blaine as a last name
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