Masculine dossier · first seen 1883

Blake

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Blake
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 2012

Peak era

2012

Peak rank proxy

6,047

Current vitality

Healthy

Generation

Gen Z

1883Peak 20122024

Peak year

2012

Decline from peak

78.3%

2024

1,311

All-time

185,455

Blake is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 2012, when 6,047 boys were named Blake.

In 2024, only 1,311 boys were given the name.

Down 78.3% from its peak.

All told, about 185,455 Americans have been named Blake and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1883.

Rarity scoreMainstream

AssociationGen Z

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryGradual decline from 2012

20126,047 boys named Blake

20241,311 boys named Blake

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