Blane

maleStatistical record

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

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

Blane: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #369, and it stood at #619 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
20times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#369highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2020

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1591
1997	#964
1998	#2074
1999	#1505
2000	#1552
2001	#1286
2002	#1411
2003	#1513
2004	#3651
2005	#1991
2006	#4052
2009	#3227
2010	#3865
2011	#3830
2014	#4632
2015	#3908
2017	#4812
2020	#2960

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 18 of the 25 years from 1996 to 2020.

In 1996: #369 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1591 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1591 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
Most recent2020
Most recently recorded at #2960 among boys in England and Wales, in 2020.
England and Wales · Boys

Blane 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 Blane in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	35	4 of 10	9
2000sbusiest	58	8 of 10	7
2010s	18	5 of 10	4
2020s	6	1 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

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

Blane 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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #369 in Republic of Ireland in 1996.

Blane'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
2020	England and Wales	male	#2960	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#4812	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3908	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#4632	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	#3227	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1991	8	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3651	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1513	10	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1411	10	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1286	11	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1552	8	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1505	8	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2074	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#964	15	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1591	7	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#369	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#619	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 3 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 19 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #369, first reached in 1996.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 15 births, registered in England and Wales in 1997.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 28 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.

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Blanka · #359, 18y
Blathnaid · #168, 55y

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.

Mannix · #369, 17y
Aime · #370, 17y
Aleks · #368, 20y
Roksana · #370, 18y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Christophe · #369, 11y
Connall · #369, 15y
Elif · #369, 30y
Gino · #369, 29y

Blane was ranked #369 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1996. 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.

Blane 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 Blane without appearing here.

Blane moved ahead of

Anders Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4812 and #3040 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #2960 and #4608.
Brent Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4812 and #4812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #2960 and #4608.
Garry Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3908 and #3373 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #2960 and #3848.
Glenn Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4812 and #2512 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #2960 and #3848.

Moved ahead of Blane

Ronny Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1513 and #1962 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #3651 and #906.
Kasper Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1513 and #2857 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #3651 and #1347.
Marius Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1513 and #1629 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #3651 and #1596.
Harper Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1991 and #2754 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #4052 and #2087.

Moved the opposite way to Blane

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Blane went from #1591 to #2960 while Albie went from #853 to #35.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Blane went from #1591 to #2960 while Alfie went from #119 to #18.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Blane went from #1591 to #2960 while Alfred went from #218 to #91.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Blane went from #1591 to #2960 while Archie went from #192 to #9.

Moved the same way as Blane

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Blane went from #1591 to #2960 and Aaron from #33 to #120.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Blane went from #1591 to #2960 and Adam from #16 to #34.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Blane went from #1591 to #2960 and Alan from #163 to #298.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Blane went from #1591 to #2960 and Alex from #43 to #108.

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 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #369 in Republic of Ireland in 1996. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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