Blaine
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BLAYN
- Origin
- Scottish
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,133 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #991 for boys
Big in ScotlandBig in Northern Ireland
Blaine is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “yellow”. In 2025 it ranked 1,133rd for boys in the UK (28 babies) and 991st for boys in the US (230 babies).
What does Blaine mean?
Scottish: surname from the Gaelic saint's name Bláán
“yellow”
From the Scottish saint Blane, whose name is preserved in the town of Dunblane.
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Is Blaine a girl's or a boy's name?
Blaine is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 28 boys in the UK and 20 girls and 230 boys in the US.
How popular is Blaine in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,133among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 28about 1 in 11,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 28 boys in the UK were named Blaine, making it the 1,133rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,581st. Its busiest year was 2003, with 60 boys.
Half of all the boys named Blaine in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2017. 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 Blaine or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #861, up from #1,133 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales, 253rd in Scotland and 344th in Northern Ireland.
Blaine in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #1,133 |
| 2024 | 27 | #1,137 |
| 2023 | 43 | #827 |
| 2022 | 29 | #1,092 |
| 2021 | 29 | #1,085 |
| 2020 | 16 | #1,581 |
| 2019 | 35 | #931 |
| 2018 | 27 | #1,119 |
| 2017 | 27 | #1,141 |
| 2016 | 26 | #1,163 |
| 2015 | 28 | #1,090 |
| 2014 | 39 | #860 |
| 2013 | 32 | #979 |
| 2012 | 40 | #852 |
| 2011 | 24 | #1,164 |
| 2010 | 35 | #911 |
| 2009 | 26 | #1,086 |
| 2008 | 27 | #1,047 |
| 2007 | 29 | #953 |
| 2006 | 37 | #772 |
| 2005 | 31 | #844 |
| 2004 | 37 | #710 |
| 2003 | 60 | #459 |
| 2002 | 49 | #499 |
| 2001 | 40 | #550 |
| 2000 | 40 | #548 |
| 1999 | 42 | #531 |
| 1998 | 33 | #605 |
| 1997 | 41 | #510 |
| 1996 | 38 | #506 |
How popular is Blaine in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #991among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 230about 1 in 7,400 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 230 boys in the US were named Blaine, making it the 991st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 882nd. Its busiest year was 2001, with 617 boys. 20 girls were also named Blaine in 2025 (5,916th for girls).
2025 had more boys named Blaine than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Blaine in the US since 1880 were born between 1958 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 309 boys in the US were given Blaine or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #753, up from #991 for this spelling alone.
In 2025, 8% of the babies named Blaine in the US were girls.
Blaine in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 230 | #991 |
| 2024 | 191 | #1,119 |
| 2023 | 208 | #1,047 |
| 2022 | 214 | #1,032 |
| 2021 | 224 | #984 |
| 2020 | 256 | #882 |
| 2019 | 251 | #875 |
| 2018 | 249 | #876 |
| 2017 | 323 | #736 |
| 2016 | 359 | #689 |
| 2015 | 400 | #650 |
| 2014 | 377 | #674 |
| 2013 | 446 | #578 |
| 2012 | 442 | #580 |
| 2011 | 439 | #569 |
| 2010 | 381 | #635 |
| 2009 | 390 | #642 |
| 2008 | 404 | #615 |
| 2007 | 461 | #560 |
| 2006 | 436 | #572 |
| 2005 | 467 | #525 |
| 2004 | 402 | #566 |
| 2003 | 519 | #478 |
| 2002 | 576 | #434 |
| 2001 | 617 | #405 |
| 2000 | 527 | #451 |
| 1999 | 401 | #525 |
| 1998 | 434 | #498 |
| 1997 | 484 | #454 |
| 1996 | 413 | #505 |
| 1995 | 434 | #494 |
| 1994 | 403 | #502 |
| 1993 | 457 | #460 |
| 1992 | 503 | #438 |
| 1991 | 516 | #432 |
| 1990 | 577 | #399 |
| 1989 | 599 | #374 |
| 1988 | 502 | #394 |
| 1987 | 503 | #382 |
| 1986 | 383 | #438 |
| 1985 | 310 | #491 |
| 1984 | 276 | #513 |
| 1983 | 266 | #514 |
| 1982 | 260 | #530 |
| 1981 | 303 | #479 |
| 1980 | 267 | #526 |
| 1979 | 229 | #567 |
| 1978 | 238 | #537 |
| 1977 | 250 | #530 |
| 1976 | 262 | #491 |
| 1975 | 243 | #514 |
| 1974 | 234 | #515 |
| 1973 | 252 | #489 |
| 1972 | 259 | #488 |
| 1971 | 307 | #466 |
| 1970 | 330 | #451 |
| 1969 | 340 | #429 |
| 1968 | 299 | #441 |
| 1967 | 280 | #450 |
| 1966 | 308 | #433 |
| 1965 | 344 | #420 |
| 1964 | 397 | #398 |
| 1963 | 390 | #407 |
| 1962 | 434 | #385 |
| 1961 | 423 | #386 |
| 1960 | 387 | #403 |
| 1959 | 351 | #426 |
| 1958 | 338 | #428 |
| 1957 | 345 | #419 |
| 1956 | 352 | #404 |
| 1955 | 315 | #413 |
| 1954 | 325 | #398 |
| 1953 | 314 | #395 |
| 1952 | 268 | #423 |
| 1951 | 259 | #421 |
| 1950 | 235 | #432 |
| 1949 | 187 | #481 |
| 1948 | 206 | #464 |
| 1947 | 210 | #463 |
| 1946 | 184 | #473 |
| 1945 | 137 | #512 |
| 1944 | 117 | #564 |
| 1943 | 163 | #482 |
| 1942 | 149 | #501 |
| 1941 | 136 | #499 |
| 1940 | 135 | #500 |
| 1939 | 145 | #472 |
| 1938 | 125 | #518 |
| 1937 | 128 | #508 |
| 1936 | 146 | #466 |
| 1935 | 140 | #479 |
| 1934 | 147 | #465 |
| 1933 | 148 | #453 |
| 1932 | 135 | #493 |
| 1931 | 126 | #512 |
| 1930 | 157 | #473 |
| 1929 | 153 | #474 |
| 1928 | 135 | #518 |
| 1927 | 139 | #518 |
| 1926 | 146 | #499 |
| 1925 | 134 | #531 |
| 1924 | 148 | #514 |
| 1923 | 179 | #456 |
| 1922 | 155 | #499 |
| 1921 | 159 | #492 |
| 1920 | 135 | #524 |
| 1919 | 136 | #511 |
| 1918 | 117 | #556 |
| 1917 | 127 | #509 |
| 1916 | 119 | #523 |
| 1915 | 105 | #544 |
| 1914 | 72 | #591 |
| 1913 | 64 | #539 |
| 1912 | 41 | #659 |
| 1911 | 23 | #644 |
| 1910 | 20 | #654 |
| 1909 | 12 | #840 |
| 1908 | 11 | #825 |
| 1907 | 15 | #664 |
| 1906 | 9 | #852 |
| 1905 | 12 | #699 |
| 1904 | 12 | #686 |
| 1903 | 8 | #846 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,309 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 8 | #803 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 15 | #534 |
| 1895 | 8 | #794 |
| 1894 | 9 | #729 |
| 1893 | 10 | #650 |
| 1892 | 18 | #458 |
| 1891 | 17 | #427 |
| 1890 | 11 | #603 |
| 1889 | 19 | #415 |
| 1888 | 13 | #554 |
| 1887 | 12 | #516 |
| 1886 | 12 | #540 |
| 1885 | 20 | #399 |
| 1884 | 62 | #209 |
| 1883 | 13 | #497 |
| 1882 | 13 | #514 |
| 1881 | 6 | #780 |
| 1880 | 5 | #909 |
Names like Blaine
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Blaine: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/blaine, updated 20 October 2026.