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Blake vs Maxine

Blake and Maxinecompared on official birth-registration statistics and Namewise's recorded data. This page states what each name's record shows — it never picks a winner or scores one name against the other.

Head to head

Ranks are only compared within one published list and one year. Two ranks from different years, from a boys' and a girls' list, or from different registrars are not comparable, so they are not placed side by side.

  • England and Wales · Girls

    In 2024, Blake was ranked #432 and Maxine #1353 among girls in England and Wales.

Blake and Maxine over time

Blake and Maxine appear together in 1 published list, across 18 years of shared records. Blake held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Maxine in 0.

The order between them changed and held in one of those lists — a change in that published list, never a claim that one name displaced the other.

Maxine reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Blake in none. Each position is a place inside its own list, so this compares when they peaked and never how high.

Counted list by list. Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale in the same year, so those comparisons are real — but positions from different lists are not, so nothing here is combined into an overall standing.

List by list

  • England and Wales · Girls18 shared years, 19972024

    Blake held the stronger position in 11 of those years, Maxine in 7.

    Highest recorded here: Blake #382 in 2022, Maxine #736 in 1997.

    The order changed in 2015: Blake moved ahead. In 2014 they stood at #2203 and #2058; by 2015 that had become #1240 and #1961.

    Most recent shared year, 2024: Blake #432, Maxine #1353.

Two names moving past each other in a ranking is a fact about the ranking. Namewise does not claim one name displaced the other, that families chose between them, or that either influenced the other — none of that is in this data.

Side by side

Side-by-side comparison of Blake, Maxine
FieldBlakeMaxine
Record typeOfficial statistical record (evidence-only)Official statistical record (evidence-only)
Gender usagemalefemale
MeaningNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
OriginNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
PronunciationNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
Syllables23
Common variants / nicknamesNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
Recorded regional usageAU-NSW, GB-ENW, GB-NIR, GB-SCT, IE, NZAU-NSW, GB-ENW, IE
Most recent popularity observationRepublic of Ireland · Boys #156 (2025)England and Wales · Girls #1353 (2024)
Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score)Not yet recordedNot yet recorded
Spelling simplicity (demonstration score)94/10088/100
International familiarity (demonstration score)100/100100/100
Data Confidencemediummedium

What the data shows

  • Blake has 2 syllables, compared with 3 for Maxine.
  • Both names have recorded usage in AU-NSW, GB-ENW, IE.

How each name got here

Blake

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1982

    First recorded at #82 among boys in New South Wales, Australia in 1982 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    New South Wales, Australia · Boys

  2. Highest recorded1993–2023

    Highest recorded position: #14 among boys in New Zealand, in 2012 (recorded 1993–2023).

    New Zealand · Boys

  3. Most recent2025

    Most recently recorded at #718 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.

    Republic of Ireland · Girls

Maxine

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1968

    First recorded at #401 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1968 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    Republic of Ireland · Girls

  2. Most recent2024

    Most recently recorded at #1353 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.

    England and Wales · Girls