Blake

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Primarily a boy's name · 99% boys

Meaning

Blake is a unisex given name, which originated from Old English. Its derivation is uncertain; it could come from "blac", a nickname for someone who had dark hair or skin, or from "blaac", a nickname for someone with pale hair or skin.

From Wikipedia

Blake first appears in the data in 1996 and has been recorded in 26 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2014 with 1,106 babies (rank #57 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Blake

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Blake yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

14,884
Total babies (all years)
26
Years in the data
1,106
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1996154#207
1997147#220
1998167#197
1999184#182
2000229#160
2001181#187
2002215#174
2003261#160
2004322#146
2005361#141
2006399#134
2007577#104
2008749#92
2009623#101
2010618#105
2011831#79
20121,046#66
20131,083#56
20141,106#57
20151,024#62
2016893#73
2017799#84
2018733#84
2019646#96
2021771#74
2022619#89