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Blayne

#2,944 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Blayne has been given to 4,603 babies in the U.S. since 1921. In 2025 it ranked #2,944 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2009, with 147 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 88% boys, 12% girls all-time.

Babies named Blayne, 2025

1 in 78,900

Blayne over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Blayne over time

In 2025, Blayne went to 28% girls and 72% boys.

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A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Blayne: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Blayne means

Blayne is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Blayne is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 4,050 boys were recorded with the name Blayne between 1921 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 147 in 2009; its best national rank was #1,073 in 2000.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,934 in 2020 to #2,944 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,875 in 2015 to #2,944 in 2025.

In the United States, 553 girls were recorded with the name Blayne between 1980 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 23 in 2020; its best national rank was #4,502 in 1988.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #5,345 in 2020 to #6,891 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #7,025 in 2015 to #6,891 in 2025.

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 Blayne?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 78,900
42 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 40,700
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#2,944
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
54,713 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Blayne 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 54,713 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Blayne. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Blaynes were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Blayne was born before 2002 — so the typical Blayne is around 23 today.

Median birth year
2002
About 23 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
30.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
55.7%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
3,971
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 30.8% of all recorded uses (1,246).

Is Blayne 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
+19
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−10
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,069
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.54×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
28.6%
Peak was 2009 (147)
Years since peak
16
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
13.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,073
2000

Spellings of Blayne

Blayne is not the most common spelling — Wayne is, with 45.1% against Blayne's 0.51%.

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 Blayne is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Blayne was most concentrated in Arkansas — about 1 in 25,000 boys, against 1 in 57,062 across all states with data. It was least common in California (1 in —).

04 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Arkansas1 in 25,000
  2. 2Texas1 in 25,000
  3. 3Kentucky1 in 33,333
  4. 4Louisiana1 in 33,333
  5. 5Ohio1 in 33,333
  6. 6Michigan1 in 50,000
  7. 7Missouri1 in 50,000
  8. 8Florida1 in 100,000

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.

Where Blayne is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Blayne was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 491,237 across all states with data.

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Most concentrated

  1. 1Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls 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. Blayne has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Blayne around the world

Where Blayne 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
    1996–2021
    #3,451
    in 2021
  • Scotland
    1994–2025
    #647
    in 2025
  • Northern Ireland
    2024–2024
    #404
    in 2024
  • Canada
    1991–2016
    #2,441
    in 2016
  • South Australia
    1963–2012
    #771
    in 2012

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

Notable people named Blayne

People whose public names include Blayne, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Blayne by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,944
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 10
Best rank ever
#1,073
2000
Peak year
2009
147 that year
First recorded
1921
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
4,050
Count in 2025
42

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#6,891
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,546
Best rank ever
#4,502
1988
Peak year
2020
23 that year
First recorded
1980
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
553
Count in 2025
16

Names similar to Blayne

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

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Names with a curve like Blayne

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

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Sibling names for Blayne

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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