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Baby name

Blake

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10% girls / 90% boys

Origin of the name

Blake was first an English surname, from an Old English word that may mean “black” but also “pale.”

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Classic name

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In 2012, Blake reached its peak: 6,047 boys, 1 baby in 605. Few fads, plenty of staying power: it appears in 132 years out of 146. Latest ranking, 2025: No. 316.
186,558births since 1880
2010sgeneration
No. 71rank at its peak, in 2012

Where babies named Blake are born

2012

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The darker the blue, the more common Blake is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Blake is most common in Idaho (2.1 times), Utah (2) and Oklahoma (1.8), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

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Girls and boys, decade by decade

DecadeGirlsBoys
1880s0%100%
1890s0%100%
1900s0%100%
1910s0%100%
1920s0%100%
1930s0%100%
1940s0%100%
1950s0%100%
1960s2%98%
1970s4%96%
1980s3%97%
1990s4%96%
2000s3%97%
2010s15%85%
2020s47%53%