Is Blake a boy or girl name?
Blake is used for both boys and girls in close to equal numbers in the US. In 2024, 1,457 girls and 1,311 boys were named Blake, so 52.6% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 9.3% of the 204,479 US babies named Blake were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #265
- Girl rank, 2024
- #210
- Babies named Blake since 1883
- 204,479
- Most popular year
- 2012
- 6,450 babies
Boys and girls named Blake, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 19 | 0 | 0% |
| 1890s | 37 | 0 | 0% |
| 1900s | 45 | 0 | 0% |
| 1910s | 260 | 0 | 0% |
| 1920s | 414 | 0 | 0% |
| 1930s | 320 | 0 | 0% |
| 1940s | 583 | 0 | 0% |
| 1950s | 2,595 | 11 | 0.4% |
| 1960s | 4,721 | 86 | 1.8% |
| 1970s | 5,444 | 227 | 4% |
| 1980s | 25,398 | 747 | 2.9% |
| 1990s | 45,870 | 1,924 | 4% |
| 2000s | 50,109 | 1,338 | 2.6% |
| 2010s | 41,717 | 7,614 | 15.4% |
| 2020s | 7,923 | 7,077 | 47.2% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1,311 | #265 | 1,457 | #210 |
| 2023 | 1,372 | #255 | 1,351 | #221 |
| 2022 | 1,579 | #228 | 1,448 | #200 |
| 2021 | 1,848 | #205 | 1,502 | #200 |
| 2020 | 1,813 | #209 | 1,319 | #222 |
| 2019 | 2,141 | #183 | 1,388 | #224 |
| 2018 | 2,465 | #158 | 1,185 | #280 |
| 2017 | 2,626 | #149 | 1,185 | #269 |
| 2016 | 3,289 | #127 | 1,098 | #298 |
| 2015 | 4,233 | #96 | 752 | #424 |
| 2014 | 4,948 | #84 | 501 | #591 |
| 2013 | 5,649 | #75 | 536 | #551 |
| 2012 | 6,047 | #71 | 403 | #700 |
| 2011 | 5,616 | #73 | 325 | #817 |
| 2010 | 4,703 | #87 | 241 | #1,035 |
| 2009 | 4,952 | #89 | 230 | #1,108 |
| 2008 | 5,099 | #90 | 162 | #1,455 |
| 2007 | 5,277 | #88 | 90 | #2,198 |
| 2006 | 4,537 | #97 | 91 | #2,133 |
| 2005 | 4,418 | #99 | 86 | #2,142 |
| 2004 | 4,694 | #95 | 114 | #1,699 |
| 2003 | 5,275 | #79 | 108 | #1,745 |
| 2002 | 5,358 | #76 | 130 | #1,469 |
| 2001 | 5,356 | #77 | 144 | #1,332 |
| 2000 | 5,143 | #80 | 183 | #1,115 |
| 1999 | 4,812 | #84 | 172 | #1,138 |
| 1998 | 4,607 | #85 | 173 | #1,114 |
| 1997 | 4,728 | #80 | 207 | #953 |
| 1996 | 4,747 | #84 | 190 | #990 |
| 1995 | 4,820 | #77 | 203 | #926 |
| 1994 | 4,879 | #81 | 192 | #965 |
| 1993 | 4,504 | #83 | 196 | #962 |
| 1992 | 4,396 | #84 | 190 | #997 |
| 1991 | 4,275 | #86 | 198 | #957 |
| 1990 | 4,102 | #91 | 203 | #935 |
| 1989 | 3,523 | #97 | 148 | #1,118 |
| 1988 | 3,099 | #103 | 91 | #1,493 |
| 1987 | 2,785 | #106 | 103 | #1,330 |
| 1986 | 2,789 | #101 | 89 | #1,440 |
| 1985 | 2,922 | #100 | 62 | #1,813 |
| 1984 | 2,757 | #103 | 48 | #2,081 |
| 1983 | 2,497 | #109 | 46 | #2,135 |
| 1982 | 2,353 | #120 | 57 | #1,876 |
| 1981 | 1,702 | #159 | 64 | #1,754 |
| 1980 | 971 | #237 | 39 | #2,442 |
| 1979 | 744 | #276 | 42 | #2,277 |
| 1978 | 668 | #288 | 34 | #2,521 |
| 1977 | 644 | #300 | 25 | #3,090 |
| 1976 | 554 | #319 | 13 | #4,647 |
| 1975 | 523 | #333 | 24 | #2,976 |
| 1974 | 419 | #374 | 22 | #3,119 |
| 1973 | 427 | #370 | 15 | #3,991 |
| 1972 | 463 | #364 | 22 | #2,983 |
| 1971 | 476 | #368 | 13 | #4,326 |
| 1970 | 526 | #353 | 17 | #3,595 |
| 1969 | 521 | #347 | 14 | #3,795 |
| 1968 | 403 | #387 | 20 | #2,879 |
| 1967 | 422 | #364 | 9 | #4,656 |
| 1966 | 400 | #377 | 9 | #4,523 |
| 1965 | 445 | #364 | 10 | #4,223 |
| 1964 | 472 | #359 | 8 | #5,044 |
| 1963 | 569 | #330 | 7 | #5,343 |
| 1962 | 545 | #335 | 9 | #4,560 |
| 1961 | 511 | #350 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 433 | #380 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 411 | #391 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 367 | #407 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 288 | #455 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 282 | #451 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 279 | #445 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 279 | #433 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 207 | #488 | 6 | #5,095 |
| 1952 | 212 | #480 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 139 | #586 | 5 | #5,482 |
| 1950 | 131 | #595 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 89 | #729 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 76 | #784 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 86 | #743 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 71 | #788 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 51 | #885 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 42 | #1,005 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 58 | #876 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 44 | #1,008 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 33 | #1,155 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 33 | #1,160 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 30 | #1,198 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 28 | #1,251 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 28 | #1,266 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 30 | #1,208 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 34 | #1,126 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 36 | #1,095 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 41 | #998 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 33 | #1,176 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 31 | #1,239 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 29 | #1,337 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 30 | #1,297 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 37 | #1,170 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 41 | #1,114 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 36 | #1,193 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 37 | #1,164 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 41 | #1,120 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 42 | #1,101 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 39 | #1,143 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 61 | #892 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 50 | #977 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 45 | #1,009 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 39 | #1,097 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 38 | #1,079 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 29 | #1,244 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 38 | #1,038 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 20 | #1,346 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 16 | #1,319 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 13 | #1,365 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 12 | #988 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 10 | #1,051 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,092 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,234 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 9 | #862 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,226 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 7 | #919 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,068 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,335 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 6 | #954 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,097 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 7 | #871 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 6 | #924 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 8 | #805 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 5 | #1,020 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,054 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 9 | #654 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 5 | #909 | 0 | – |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Blake reached #71 in 2012. As a girl name, it reached #200 in 2021. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 2010s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Blake
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.