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Blain

#7,741 in 2025Boys' name

Transferred from a surname; no fixed literal translation

Blain has been given to 2,306 babies in the U.S. since 1884. In 2025 it ranked #7,741 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2003, with 58 recorded.

Babies named Blain, 2025

1 in 332,000

Blain over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020406018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Blain: meaning, origin, and history

Transferred from a surname; no fixed literal translation

surname transfer

What Blain means

Blain is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Blain is used in English. Its origins include surname transfer.

Blain is recorded as a surname transferred into given-name use.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,289 boys were recorded with the name Blain between 1884 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 58 in 2003; its best national rank was #986 in 1884.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #9,691 in 2020 to #7,741 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #4,416 in 2015 to #7,741 in 2025.

In the United States, 17 girls were recorded with the name Blain between 2006 and 2011. Its highest annual count was 6 in 2006; its best national rank was #15,431 in 2006.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Blain?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 332,000
10 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 171,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#7,741
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
229,791 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Blain sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 229,791 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Blain. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Blains were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Blain was born before 1985 — so the typical Blain is around 40 today.

Median birth year
1985
About 40 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
16.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
24.6%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
1,988
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 16.3% of all recorded uses (372).

Is Blain rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+2,299
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+1,950
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
−3,325
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.45×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
17.2%
Peak was 2003 (58)
Years since peak
22
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
21.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#986
1884

Spellings of Blain

Blain is not the most common spelling — Alan is, with 39.8% against Blain's 0.25%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Blain is used

Across 1910–2025, Blain was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 295,128 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Texas1 in 100,000
  2. 2Utah1 in 100,000
  3. 3California1 in —
  4. 4Illinois1 in —
  5. 5Indiana1 in —
  6. 6Louisiana1 in —
  7. 7Michigan1 in —
  8. 8Oklahoma1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Blain has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Blain around the world

Where Blain ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2015
    #4,747
    in 2015
  • Scotland
    1987–2025
    #762
    in 2025
  • Northern Ireland
    1998–1998
    #240
    in 1998
  • Ireland
    1986–1992
    #337
    in 1992
  • Canada
    1991–2011
    #2,664
    in 2011
  • South Australia
    2008–2008
    #726
    in 2008

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Blain by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#7,741
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,950
Best rank ever
#986
1884
Peak year
2003
58 that year
First recorded
1884
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,289
Count in 2025
10

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#15,431
2006
Peak year
2006
6 that year
First recorded
2006
Last recorded
2011
All-time count
17
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Blain

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

BladeBlaneBlaizeBlasBlazeBlayneBlayzeAlainBlaykeBlairShainBlaiseBlakelyDainIainBlaseKainAdrainBlaydenRainBlaydeAntwainHussainJermain

Names with a curve like Blain

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Blain, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

TinoMarcialRoqueLauroCelsoDemetrioPhilippeAnthoneyHomeroLavellCeasarServando

Sibling names for Blain

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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