How rare is the name Blake?

173,524 people in the United States have the first name Blake, about 1 in 1,741. It ranks #319 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

BLAKE

#319

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
173,524
About
1 in 1,741
This common or more
50.1%
Who bears it

Of the 173,524 people named Blake, 84.1% reported their origin as White, 5.2% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.5% as two or more races. 93.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Blake peaked in 2012, when 6,450 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18832025
Peak year
2012
Births that year
6,450
In 2025*
2,115 ▼67%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 206,623 babies have been given the name since 1883. 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.

Blake by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #127. The largest share of babies named Blake, 40.4%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1880s#2,30819
1890s#2,43637
1900s#2,79845
1910s#2,269260
1920s#2,186414
1930s#2,365320
1940s#1,886583
1950s#1,0052,605
1960s#7904,807
1970s#7125,670
1980s#22826,145
1990s#15647,797
2000s#14151,447
2010s#12749,335
2020s#22517,139
Before 19010%
Greatest Generation 1901–270.3%
Silent Generation 1928–450.3%
Baby boom 1946–642.7%
Generation X 1965–804.3%
Millennials 1981–9628.2%
Generation Z 1997–1240.4%
2013 and later23.8%

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 Blake is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Blake has been most common in Utah (2×), Idaho (2×), and Nevada (1.8×), and least common in New Mexico (0.29×).

201,257 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 Blake

#317 Pedro · 175,194#318 Doris · 174,013#320 Billy · 173,433#321 Rhonda · 173,379

Spelled almost the same

5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Blake, most common first.

#3,347 Blaze · 6,338#8,990 Blayke · 1,577#18,431 Blase · 585#25,865 Blaike · 364#51,658 Blace · 112

Also a last name

As a last name, Blake ranks #450 of 156,621, with 71,425 people. See Blake as a last name

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