Blain

Q: What does Blain mean?

Blain is a boys' name of Scottish origin, from a Scottish surname honouring Saint Blane. From a Scottish surname that honours Saint Blane, a 6th-century bishop linked with Bute and Dunblane.

Gender: Boy
Say it: BLAYN
Origin: Scottish
UK rank, 2025: #5,065 for boys
US rank, 2025: #7,675 for boys

Blain is a boys' name of Scottish origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).

What does Blain mean?

Scottish: from a Scottish surname honouring Saint Blane

From a Scottish surname that honours Saint Blane, a 6th-century bishop linked with Bute and Dunblane.

Is Blain a girl's or a boy's name?

Blain is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Blain in the UK?

Rank in 2025: 5,065th among boys
Babies in 2025: 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
Five-year trend: Too rare to call too few babies to tell
Same name in a class: under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Blain, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,143rd. Its busiest year was 2000, with 8 boys.

2025 had more boys named Blain than any year since 2015.

Half of all the boys named Blain in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

In 2025, 35 boys in the UK were given Blain or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #861, up from #5,065 for this spelling alone.

Blaine 28
Blayne 4
Blain 3

Among boys in 2025, it was 762nd in Scotland.

1996Busiest: 8 in 20002025

Blain in the UK, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	3	#5,065
2024	0	–
2023	1	#6,556
2022	1	#6,413
2021	2	#6,291
2020	1	#6,143
2019	0	–
2018	1	#6,277
2017	0	–
2016	0	–
2015	4	#4,086
2014	4	#4,063
2013	0	–
2012	2	#6,266
2011	0	–
2010	0	–
2009	0	–
2008	0	–
2007	0	–
2006	0	–
2005	1	#5,109
2004	2	#4,818
2003	6	#2,283
2002	5	#2,358
2001	5	#2,326
2000	8	#1,637
1999	1	#3,925
1998	4	#2,531
1997	6	#1,853
1996	4	#2,442

How popular is Blain in the US?

Rank in 2025: 7,675th among boys
Babies in 2025: 10 about 1 in 170,000 boys
Five-year trend: Too rare to call too few babies to tell
Same name in a class: under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Blain, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 58 boys. It first appears in the records in 1884.

2025 had more boys named Blain than any year since 2019.

Half of all the boys named Blain in the US since 1880 were born between 1962 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 309 boys in the US were given Blain or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #753, up from #7,675 for this spelling alone.

Blaine 230
Blayne 42
Blane 27
Blain 10

In 2011, 15% of the babies named Blain in the US were girls.

1884Busiest: 58 in 20032025

Blain in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	10	#7,675
2024	7	#9,888
2023	8	#8,916
2022	6	#10,855
2021	6	#10,794
2020	7	#9,548
2019	10	#7,638
2018	11	#7,132
2017	11	#7,091
2016	21	#4,623
2015	22	#4,405
2014	24	#4,135
2013	20	#4,619
2012	19	#4,857
2011	28	#3,694
2010	18	#5,044
2009	33	#3,330
2008	27	#3,820
2007	35	#3,186
2006	36	#3,023
2005	31	#3,237
2004	30	#3,213
2003	58	#1,983
2002	48	#2,191
2001	36	#2,613
2000	38	#2,471
1999	33	#2,604
1998	37	#2,346
1997	40	#2,161
1996	31	#2,478
1995	26	#2,757
1994	34	#2,302
1993	29	#2,503
1992	42	#1,909
1991	52	#1,609
1990	41	#1,865
1989	43	#1,761
1988	55	#1,400
1987	38	#1,732
1986	30	#1,960
1985	25	#2,170
1984	27	#1,978
1983	13	#3,229
1982	27	#1,998
1981	18	#2,568
1980	23	#2,213
1979	22	#2,235
1978	32	#1,688
1977	21	#2,202
1976	19	#2,328
1975	21	#2,133
1974	16	#2,457
1973	23	#1,870
1972	24	#1,819
1971	31	#1,559
1970	33	#1,461
1969	28	#1,526
1968	29	#1,454
1967	32	#1,339
1966	21	#1,683
1965	30	#1,404
1964	25	#1,580
1963	29	#1,454
1962	39	#1,241
1961	38	#1,278
1960	28	#1,522
1959	27	#1,521
1958	31	#1,395
1957	26	#1,546
1956	11	#2,495
1955	15	#2,047
1954	17	#1,886
1953	14	#2,098
1952	13	#2,152
1951	16	#1,903
1950	13	#2,110
1949	8	#2,801
1948	11	#2,325
1947	6	#3,369
1946	9	#2,533
1945	0	–
1944	9	#2,466
1943	7	#2,962
1942	5	#3,559
1941	7	#2,871
1940	10	#2,322
1939	9	#2,449
1938	6	#3,174
1937	6	#3,175
1936	7	#2,853
1935	8	#2,719
1934	8	#2,742
1933	10	#2,367
1932	0	–
1931	8	#2,863
1930	14	#2,079
1929	0	–
1928	13	#2,270
1927	8	#3,150
1926	6	#3,706
1925	10	#2,753
1924	9	#3,022
1923	18	#1,873
1922	9	#3,013
1921	20	#1,766
1920	8	#3,207
1919	6	#3,735
1918	12	#2,397
1917	0	–
1916	12	#2,258
1915	7	#3,081
1914	5	#3,263
1913	5	#2,820
1912	0	–
1911	0	–
1910	0	–
1909	0	–
1908	0	–
1907	0	–
1906	0	–
1905	0	–
1904	0	–
1903	0	–
1902	0	–
1901	0	–
1900	0	–
1899	0	–
1898	0	–
1897	0	–
1896	0	–
1895	0	–
1894	0	–
1893	0	–
1892	0	–
1891	0	–
1890	0	–
1889	0	–
1888	0	–
1887	0	–
1886	0	–
1885	0	–
1884	5	#971

Names like Blain

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Brody, Ryan, Bryn, Finn, Brian, Logan, Kevin, Quinn, Cody, Conan, Cameron, Dylan

Other spellings of Blain

Blaine, Blayne, Blane

Names related to Blain

Blin, Balin, Balian, Baylin, Bailen

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Blain: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/blain, updated 20 October 2026.