Blane
Blane is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 32 births. Its best rank was 704th, in 1958.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 320.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1957114 births
- Best rank
- #704in 1958
- Since 1914
- 4,420people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,420 boys have been named Blane in the United States since 1914, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1957, with 114 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1988, and the 2000s alone account for 19%. It has spent 12 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Blane | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 41 | |
| 1920s | 45 | |
| 1930s | 58 | |
| 1940s | 43 | |
| 1950s | 754 | |
| 1960s | 654 | |
| 1970s | 249 | |
| 1980s | 465 | |
| 1990s | 663 | |
| 2000s | 843 | |
| 2010s | 471 | |
| 2020s | 134 |
In 1957, its biggest year
Blane was the 708th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1957 were Michael, James, David, Robert and John. See all of 1957.
Names that rose and fell with Blane
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Mikelpeak 2004
- Mikealpeak 1952
- Cortpeak 2011
- Kevenpeak 2003
- Kentonpeak 2014
- Frankypeak 2007
- Mikellpeak 2007
- Sammuelpeak 2009
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.