Blane
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BLAYN
- Origin
- Scottish
- US rank, 2025
- #3,948 for boys
Blane is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “little yellow one”. In 2025 it ranked 3,948th for boys in the US (27 babies).
What does Blane mean?
Scottish: from the Gaelic saint's name Blaan, via a surname
“little yellow one”
Saint Blane, a 6th-century bishop from the Isle of Bute, gave his name to the town of Dunblane.
Is Blane a girl's or a boy's name?
Blane is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 27 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Blane in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 16 boys.
Half of all the boys named Blane in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Blane in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 1 | #6,413 |
| 2021 | 2 | #6,291 |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 2 | #6,181 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 1 | #6,416 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,425 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 2 | #6,127 |
| 2012 | 2 | #6,266 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 1 | #5,936 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 10 | #1,814 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 13 | #1,328 |
| 2002 | 14 | #1,193 |
| 2001 | 13 | #1,209 |
| 2000 | 11 | #1,308 |
| 1999 | 8 | #1,582 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
| 1997 | 16 | #973 |
| 1996 | 11 | #1,215 |
How popular is Blane in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,948among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 27about 1 in 63,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 27 boys in the US were named Blane, making it the 3,948th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,568th. Its busiest year was 1957, with 114 boys. It first appears in the records in 1914.
Half of all the boys named Blane in the US since 1880 were born between 1961 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 309 boys in the US were given Blane or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #753, up from #3,948 for this spelling alone.
Blane in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #3,948 |
| 2024 | 33 | #3,453 |
| 2023 | 29 | #3,799 |
| 2022 | 23 | #4,438 |
| 2021 | 20 | #4,776 |
| 2020 | 30 | #3,568 |
| 2019 | 25 | #4,110 |
| 2018 | 39 | #2,992 |
| 2017 | 39 | #3,005 |
| 2016 | 43 | #2,782 |
| 2015 | 39 | #2,965 |
| 2014 | 54 | #2,368 |
| 2013 | 54 | #2,335 |
| 2012 | 55 | #2,325 |
| 2011 | 55 | #2,316 |
| 2010 | 68 | #2,009 |
| 2009 | 76 | #1,888 |
| 2008 | 82 | #1,802 |
| 2007 | 84 | #1,760 |
| 2006 | 70 | #1,918 |
| 2005 | 81 | #1,657 |
| 2004 | 93 | #1,465 |
| 2003 | 88 | #1,476 |
| 2002 | 95 | #1,381 |
| 2001 | 93 | #1,364 |
| 2000 | 81 | #1,493 |
| 1999 | 75 | #1,500 |
| 1998 | 63 | #1,639 |
| 1997 | 67 | #1,532 |
| 1996 | 74 | #1,411 |
| 1995 | 60 | #1,554 |
| 1994 | 68 | #1,417 |
| 1993 | 59 | #1,534 |
| 1992 | 62 | #1,467 |
| 1991 | 67 | #1,376 |
| 1990 | 68 | #1,348 |
| 1989 | 57 | #1,447 |
| 1988 | 66 | #1,259 |
| 1987 | 63 | #1,216 |
| 1986 | 44 | #1,510 |
| 1985 | 45 | #1,484 |
| 1984 | 36 | #1,629 |
| 1983 | 37 | #1,593 |
| 1982 | 44 | #1,440 |
| 1981 | 36 | #1,628 |
| 1980 | 37 | #1,593 |
| 1979 | 29 | #1,867 |
| 1978 | 26 | #1,913 |
| 1977 | 23 | #2,063 |
| 1976 | 30 | #1,710 |
| 1975 | 27 | #1,786 |
| 1974 | 18 | #2,275 |
| 1973 | 18 | #2,214 |
| 1972 | 24 | #1,819 |
| 1971 | 30 | #1,596 |
| 1970 | 24 | #1,793 |
| 1969 | 29 | #1,492 |
| 1968 | 35 | #1,282 |
| 1967 | 20 | #1,757 |
| 1966 | 42 | #1,149 |
| 1965 | 67 | #897 |
| 1964 | 75 | #881 |
| 1963 | 94 | #785 |
| 1962 | 89 | #801 |
| 1961 | 91 | #796 |
| 1960 | 112 | #725 |
| 1959 | 114 | #717 |
| 1958 | 113 | #702 |
| 1957 | 114 | #707 |
| 1956 | 102 | #726 |
| 1955 | 92 | #759 |
| 1954 | 71 | #867 |
| 1953 | 49 | #1,032 |
| 1952 | 44 | #1,093 |
| 1951 | 32 | #1,294 |
| 1950 | 23 | #1,537 |
| 1949 | 11 | #2,336 |
| 1948 | 9 | #2,607 |
| 1947 | 12 | #2,250 |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,523 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,132 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,112 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,174 |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,516 |
| 1936 | 5 | #3,548 |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,252 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 8 | #2,737 |
| 1932 | 8 | #2,849 |
| 1931 | 5 | #3,761 |
| 1930 | 9 | #2,779 |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,245 |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,355 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 6 | #3,739 |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,345 |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,465 |
| 1922 | 7 | #3,530 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 6 | #3,814 |
| 1919 | 9 | #2,876 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1917 | 11 | #2,422 |
| 1916 | 5 | #3,896 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,456 |
Names like Blane
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Blake Luke Brody Kyle Ryan Cole Blaine Cameron Jude Dylan Logan Blair
Other spellings of Blane
Names related to Blane
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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, “Blane: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/blane, updated 20 October 2026.