Blade
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Blade is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “blade”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 3,449th for boys in the US (33 babies).
What does Blade mean?
English: English word
“blade”
English word name, familiar from Blade, the Marvel Comics vampire hunter.
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Is Blade a girl's or a boy's name?
Blade is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 33 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Blade in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Blade, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2004, with 21 boys.
Half of all the boys named Blade in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Blade in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 7 | #2,679 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,048 |
| 2007 | 12 | #1,760 |
| 2006 | 15 | #1,423 |
| 2005 | 15 | #1,384 |
| 2004 | 21 | #1,040 |
| 2003 | 8 | #1,880 |
| 2002 | 12 | #1,312 |
| 2001 | 14 | #1,149 |
| 2000 | 13 | #1,165 |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,094 |
How popular is Blade in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,449among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 33about 1 in 52,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 33 boys in the US were named Blade, making it the 3,449th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,731st. Its busiest year was 2002, with 112 boys. It first appears in the records in 1982.
Half of all the boys named Blade in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Blade in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33 | #3,449 |
| 2024 | 25 | #4,197 |
| 2023 | 25 | #4,216 |
| 2022 | 39 | #3,098 |
| 2021 | 27 | #3,908 |
| 2020 | 28 | #3,731 |
| 2019 | 29 | #3,713 |
| 2018 | 39 | #2,992 |
| 2017 | 22 | #4,462 |
| 2016 | 32 | #3,440 |
| 2015 | 44 | #2,721 |
| 2014 | 35 | #3,152 |
| 2013 | 44 | #2,666 |
| 2012 | 56 | #2,291 |
| 2011 | 54 | #2,345 |
| 2010 | 42 | #2,825 |
| 2009 | 56 | #2,319 |
| 2008 | 49 | #2,541 |
| 2007 | 59 | #2,235 |
| 2006 | 61 | #2,125 |
| 2005 | 72 | #1,798 |
| 2004 | 62 | #1,949 |
| 2003 | 89 | #1,464 |
| 2002 | 112 | #1,220 |
| 2001 | 103 | #1,279 |
| 2000 | 95 | #1,338 |
| 1999 | 99 | #1,246 |
| 1998 | 88 | #1,344 |
| 1997 | 77 | #1,410 |
| 1996 | 100 | #1,165 |
| 1995 | 89 | #1,227 |
| 1994 | 93 | #1,188 |
| 1993 | 72 | #1,335 |
| 1992 | 49 | #1,726 |
| 1991 | 32 | #2,221 |
| 1990 | 19 | #3,160 |
| 1989 | 23 | #2,684 |
| 1988 | 11 | #4,157 |
| 1987 | 10 | #4,233 |
| 1986 | 14 | #3,265 |
| 1985 | 13 | #3,398 |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,549 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
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