The name Blake is of Old English origin, and means black or pale.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Blake has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Blake
Use of the Name Blake for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
110,327
108,666
96,904
49,409
25,710
9,890
4,642
The table below indicates the number of times the name Blake has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Blake first appeared in the top thousand boy or girl names during 1883, which is the first year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Blake
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1883
909
5
1884
1885
1886
654
9
1887
1888
1889
1890
1891
1892
805
8
1893
924
6
1894
871
7
1895
1896
1897
955
6
1898
1899
1900
1901
1902
1903
920
7
1904
1905
1906
863
9
1907
1908
1909
1910
1911
983
12
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
973
50
1921
884
62
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1000
41
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
999
45
1943
870
58
1944
1945
880
51
1946
789
71
1947
740
86
1948
786
75
1949
735
87
1950
590
132
1951
584
139
1952
481
211
1953
485
208
1954
434
276
1955
442
280
1956
450
282
1957
454
289
1958
413
359
1959
394
408
1960
378
435
1961
350
512
1962
335
544
1963
330
570
1964
360
470
1965
365
444
1966
377
402
1967
365
420
1968
387
404
1969
346
522
1970
355
522
1971
372
469
1972
366
460
1973
369
427
1974
375
418
1975
333
524
1976
318
552
1977
301
642
1978
288
665
1979
276
742
1980
237
964
1981
159
1,695
1982
120
2,344
1983
109
2,494
1984
103
2,754
1985
100
2,916
1986
101
2,783
1987
105
2,784
1988
103
3,097
1989
97
3,518
1990
91
4,102
935
202
1991
86
4,276
955
198
1992
84
4,392
995
190
1993
83
4,505
964
195
1994
81
4,871
965
192
1995
77
4,818
925
203
1996
84
4,745
991
190
1997
80
4,725
954
206
1998
85
4,606
1999
84
4,805
2000
80
5,137
2001
77
5,340
2002
76
5,343
2003
79
5,248
2004
95
4,642
Totals:
110,327
1,576
During the last 125 years, parents have used Blake as a boy's name about 98% of the time and less frequently (about 1% of the time) as a girl's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Blake appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 74 times during the last 125 years.