Blaine

maleStatistical record

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

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

Blaine: Recorded since 1985, its highest recorded position is #186, and it stood at #339 in 2024.

4registrars recorded it
73times a registrar ranked it
40years from first to last
#186highest recorded position
16groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#513
1997	#538
1998	#716
1999	#596
2000	#554
2001	#654
2002	#502
2003	#537
2004	#875
2005	#954
2006	#885
2007	#1014
2008	#1156
2009	#1494
2010	#1144
2011	#1209
2012	#998
2013	#1001
2014	#935
2015	#1186
2016	#1431
2017	#1247
2018	#1324
2019	#1113
2020	#1935
2021	#2125
2022	#1366
2023	#1461
2024	#1595

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 Republic of Ireland in 26 of the 36 years from 1985 to 2020.

In 2024: #339 among boys in Northern Ireland, #432 among boys in Scotland, #1595 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1985–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1985
First recorded at #269 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1985 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1985–2020
Highest recorded position: #186 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1986 (recorded 1985–2020).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1595 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Blaine appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 29 ranked years and 711 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1985.

Blaine across 3 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.

Blaine'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
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#269 (1985)	#186 (1986)	#741 (2020)	26 of 36	132 (1985–2020)	12 (1986)
England and Wales · Boys	#513 (1996)	#502 (2002)	#1595 (2024)	29 of 29	711 (1996–2024)	43 (2002)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#227 (1997)	#210 (2003)	#339 (2024)	17 of 28	76 (1997–2024)	8 (2010)

Blaine 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 Blaine in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	121	4 of 10	30
2000sbusiest	282	10 of 10	28
2010s	235	10 of 10	24
2020s	73	5 of 10	15

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 28 births a year.

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

Blaine 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 4 regions, from 1985 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #186 in Republic of Ireland in 1986.

Blaine'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	#1595	16	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1461	17	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1366	19	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2125	10	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1935	11	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1113	24	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1324	19	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1247	21	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1431	18	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1186	22	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#935	31	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1001	28	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#998	28	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1209	21	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1144	23	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1494	15	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1156	21	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1014	24	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#885	27	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#954	23	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#875	24	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#537	43	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#502	43	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#654	28	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#554	34	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#596	30	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#716	23	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#538	33	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#513	35	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#339	4	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#272	6	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#295	6	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#418	3	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#416	3	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#398	3	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#311	5	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#230	8	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#378	3	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#341	3	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#307	3	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#219	6	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#210	6	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#280	3	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#220	5	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#240	4	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#227	5	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#741	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#572	5	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#710	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#699	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#534	5	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#701	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#698	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#629	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#423	5	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#518	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#506	3	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#275	9	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#317	5	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#379	3	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#382	3	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#295	5	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#235	7	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#222	8	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#230	7	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#256	5	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#215	7	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#254	5	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#203	9	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#186	12	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#269	4	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#432	7	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
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1985 and 2024, ranked in 38 years of that period.

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

Its largest count from any one registrar is 43 births, registered in England and Wales in 2002.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 39 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.

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.

Blade · #970, 22y
Blain · #186, 13y
Blair · #41, 57y
Blaire · #244, 14y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 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.

Klaudia · #187, 42y
Emilio · #188, 35y
Aubrey · #189, 42y
Alastair · #182, 43y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

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

Blain · #186, 13y
Klaudia · #187, 42y
Emilio · #188, 35y
Iqra · #184, 36y

Blaine 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.

Blaine 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 Blaine without appearing here.

Blaine moved ahead of

Wayne Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2125 and #2125 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1366 and #2320.
Graham Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2125 and #1391 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1366 and #2165.
Ross Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1366 and #1366 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1461 and #2160.
Barry Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1494 and #1302 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1144 and #1801.

Moved ahead of Blaine

Shea Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1113 and #1253 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #1935 and #1192.
Aksel Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1113 and #1253 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #1935 and #1314.
Conan Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1113 and #1506 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #1935 and #1379.
Mason Compare
In 2006 they stood at #423 and #493 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2007 that had become #629 and #241.

Moved the opposite way to Blaine

Aaron Compare
Between 1985 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Blaine went from #269 to #741 while Aaron went from #76 to #45.
Adam Compare
Between 1985 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Blaine went from #269 to #741 while Adam went from #66 to #12.
Alex Compare
Between 1985 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Blaine went from #269 to #741 while Alex went from #250 to #21.
Alexander Compare
Between 1985 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Blaine went from #269 to #741 while Alexander went from #127 to #40.

Moved the same way as Blaine

Adrian Compare
Between 1985 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Blaine went from #269 to #741 and Adrian from #53 to #211.
Denis Compare
Between 1985 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Blaine went from #269 to #741 and Denis from #55 to #180.
Frank Compare
Between 1985 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Blaine went from #269 to #741 and Frank from #163 to #261.
Oisin Compare
Between 1985 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Blaine went from #269 to #741 and Oisin from #127 to #261.

What's not yet available

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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 4 regions, from 1985 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #186 in Republic of Ireland in 1986. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Blaine

Blaine at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Blaine across 3 official records

Blaine by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Blaine appears in

Popularity data

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Blaine at a glance

Blaine across 3 official records

Blaine by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Blaine appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Blaine

Blaine and the names beside it

Blaine moved ahead of

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