How rare is the name Blayne?

3,724 people in the United States have the first name Blayne, about 1 in 81,104. It ranks #4,837 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

first name

BLAYNE

#4,837

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,724
About
1 in 81,104
This common or more
84.6%
Who bears it

Of the 3,724 people named Blayne, 85% reported their origin as White, 4.9% as two or more races and 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino. 87.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Blayne peaked in 2009, when 155 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19212025
Peak year
2009
Births that year
155
In 2025*
58 ▼63%
Recorded as
mostly male

At least 4,603 babies have been given the name since 1921. 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.

Blayne by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #2,698. The largest share of babies named Blayne, 43.8%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1920s#11,72211
1930s#7,12540
1940s#8,46928
1950s#6,25388
1960s#5,404138
1970s#5,910171
1980s#3,515482
1990s#2,855906
2000s#2,6981,345
2010s#3,4721,030
2020s#4,908364
Greatest Generation 1901–270.2%
Silent Generation 1928–451.1%
Baby boom 1946–643.9%
Generation X 1965–805.9%
Millennials 1981–9622.7%
Generation Z 1997–1243.8%
2013 and later22.3%

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 Blayne is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Blayne has been most common in Texas (4.2×), Oklahoma (4.1×), and Missouri (3.2×), and least common in California (0.8×).

1,503 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.

Exactly as common as Blayne

2 other first names also have 3,724 people.

#4,837 Arnav · 3,724#4,837 Cornelio · 3,724

Either side of Blayne

#4,836 Ki · 3,725#4,837 Arnav · 3,724#4,837 Cornelio · 3,724#4,840 Amilcar · 3,723

Spelled almost the same

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

#1,391 Blaine · 25,082#4,809 Blane · 3,754#49,173 Blayn · 127

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