Blain

maleStatistical record

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

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

Blain: Recorded since 1986, with a gap of 10 years, its highest recorded position is #186, and it was last ranked in 2015.

3registrars recorded it
13times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#186highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Blain's record

Absent from every published list for 10 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2015

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2357
1997	#2337
2000	#1552
2001	#2587
2002	#2636
2003	#2857
2014	#3895
2015	#4747

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 8 of the 20 years from 1996 to 2015.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1986–2015 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1986
First recorded at #186 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1986 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1986–1992
Highest recorded position: #186 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1986 (recorded 1986–1992).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2015
Most recently recorded at #4747 among boys in England and Wales, in 2015.
England and Wales · Boys

Blain appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 8 ranked years and 35 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1986.

Blain across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Blain's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#2357 (1996)	#1552 (2000)	#4747 (2015)	8 of 20	35 (1996–2015)	8 (2000)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#186 (1986)	#186 (1986)	#337 (1992)	4 of 7	24 (1986–1992)	12 (1986)

Blain 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 Blain in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	8	2 of 10	4
2000s	20	4 of 10	5
2010s	7	2 of 10	4

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

Blain appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1986 to 2015. Highest recorded position: #186 in Republic of Ireland in 1986.

Blain'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
2015	England and Wales	male	#4747	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3895	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2857	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2636	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1552	8	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2337	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2357	4	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#240	4	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	3	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#319	3	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#235	6	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#186	12	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1986 and 2015, ranked in 13 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #186, first reached in 1986.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1986.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 10 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 12 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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 →
4 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
10 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period10 to 19 years missing →
#4,747position in 2015, its most recent recorded year
12 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 11 to 20 years →
12births registered in its largest year, 1986Under 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.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Bjørnar · #64, 81y
Blade · #970, 22y
Blaine · #186, 38y
Blair · #41, 57y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, 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.

Courteney · #186, 15y
Ruadh · #187, 12y
Mirha · #189, 13y
Pol · #189, 12y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Blaine · #186, 38y
Klaudia · #187, 42y
Emilio · #188, 35y
Iqra · #184, 36y

Blain was ranked #186 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1986. 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.

Blain 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 Blain without appearing here.

Blain moved ahead of

Brooke Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2857 and #1132 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #3895 and #4632.
Graeme Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2857 and #2189 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #3895 and #4632.

Moved ahead of Blain

Hudson Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1552 and #1889 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #2587 and #1202.
Ole Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2587 and #3134 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #2636 and #1253.
Erin Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2357 and #2863 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #2337 and #1345.
Theodor Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1552 and #1889 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #2587 and #1746.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1986 to 2015. Highest recorded position: #186 in Republic of Ireland in 1986. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Blain

Blain at a glance

What stands out in Blain's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Blain across 2 official records

Blain by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Blain appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Blain

Blain and the names beside it

Blain moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Blain

Blain at a glance

What stands out in Blain's record

Blain across 2 official records

Blain by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Blain appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Blain

Blain and the names beside it

Blain moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Blain