Blade

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Blade: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Blade: Recorded since 1996, it reached #970 in 2004, and it stood at #4,270 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
22times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#970highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2020
1997	#2859
1998	#2074
1999	#2425
2000	#1096
2001	#1078
2002	#1253
2003	#1771
2004	#970
2005	#1299
2006	#1347
2007	#1666
2008	#1953
2009	#2544
2010	#3865
2011	#3830
2012	#4805
2013	#4685
2015	#3908
2017	#3996
2021	#4789
2024	#4270

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 22 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2020 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #970 among boys in England and Wales, in 2004 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4270 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Blade by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Blade in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	17	4 of 10	4
2000sbusiest	127	10 of 10	13
2010s	22	6 of 10	4
2020s	7	2 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 13 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Blade appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #970 in England and Wales in 2004.

Blade's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#4270	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3996	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3908	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#4685	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#4805	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3865	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2544	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1953	10	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1666	12	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1347	15	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1299	15	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#970	21	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1771	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1253	12	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1078	14	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1096	13	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2425	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2074	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2020	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 22 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #970, first reached in 2004.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 21 births, registered in England and Wales in 2004.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
18 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#4,270position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
21births registered in its largest year, 2004Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Jibril · #970, 27y
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Tayyib · #973, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Jibril · #970, 27y
Alima · #969, 29y
Fariha · #971, 29y
Monet · #969, 28y

Blade was ranked #970 in England and Wales · Boys in 2004. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Blade and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Blade without appearing here.

Blade moved ahead of

Graeme Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2425 and #1281 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #1096 and #2501.
Glenn Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4789 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #4270 and #5119.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4789 and #1391 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #4270 and #5119.
Jade Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4789 and #4789 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #4270 and #5119.

Moved ahead of Blade

Braxton Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3865 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #3830 and #1398.
Matheo Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3996 and #4812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #4789 and #3017.
Hans Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2544 and #3227 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #3865 and #2941.
Gunnar Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3865 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #4685 and #3822.

Moved the opposite way to Blade

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Blade went from #2020 to #4270 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Blade went from #2020 to #4270 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Blade went from #2020 to #4270 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Blade went from #2020 to #4270 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Blade

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Blade went from #2020 to #4270 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Blade went from #2020 to #4270 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Blade went from #2020 to #4270 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Blade went from #2020 to #4270 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #970 in England and Wales in 2004. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Blade

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Popularity journey

Blade by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Blade at a glance

Blade by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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