How rare is the name Blane?

3,754 people in the United States have the first name Blane, about 1 in 80,456. It ranks #4,809 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

BLANE

#4,809

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,754
About
1 in 80,456
This common or more
84.5%
Who bears it

Of the 3,754 people named Blane, 84% reported their origin as White, 5.5% as Black and 3.8% as two or more races. 97.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Blane peaked in 1957, when 114 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19142025
Peak year
1957
Births that year
114
In 2025*
27 ▼76%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 4,459 babies have been given the name since 1914. 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.

Blane by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #1,939. The largest share of babies named Blane, 28.1%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1910s#6,39141
1920s#7,86345
1930s#6,17558
1940s#7,33143
1950s#1,939754
1960s#2,230654
1970s#4,646249
1980s#3,594465
1990s#3,544663
2000s#3,725854
2010s#5,884471
2020s#8,470162
Greatest Generation 1901–271.6%
Silent Generation 1928–451.7%
Baby boom 1946–6428.1%
Generation X 1965–8010.7%
Millennials 1981–9619.9%
Generation Z 1997–1227.7%
2013 and later10.2%

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 Blane is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Blane has been most common in Louisiana (7×), Texas (4×), and Oklahoma (2.8×), and least common in New York (0.41×).

1,288 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 Blane

#4,806 Lilli · 3,758#4,808 Cayson · 3,756#4,810 Colson · 3,752#4,810 Juanpablo · 3,752

Spelled almost the same

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

#1,391 Blaine · 25,082#4,837 Blayne · 3,724

Also a last name

As a last name, Blane ranks #30,157 of 156,621, with 831 people. See Blane as a last name

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