Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Blain” in the USA?

Number of people named “Blain” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Blain” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Blain” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Blain” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Blain” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Blain” by birth year

This chart shows how “Blain” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1884 5 0.000020537 5 -100%
1913 5 0.000004397 5 -100%
1914 5 0.00000353 5 -100%
1915 7 0.00000382 7 -100%
1916 12 0.000006203 12 -100%
1918 12 0.000005527 12 -100%
1919 6 0.000002843 6 -100%
1920 8 0.000003536 8 -100%
1921 20 0.000008567 20 -100%
1922 9 0.000003932 9 -100%
1923 18 0.000007818 18 -100%
1924 9 0.000003779 9 -100%
1925 10 0.000004286 10 -100%
1926 6 0.000002613 6 -100%
1927 8 0.000003449 8 -100%
1928 13 0.00000575 13 -100%
1930 14 0.000006297 14 -100%
1931 8 0.000003802 8 -100%
1933 10 0.000005001 10 -100%
1934 8 0.000003852 8 -100%
1935 8 0.000003828 8 -100%
1936 7 0.000003369 7 -100%
1937 6 0.000002816 6 -100%
1938 6 0.000002712 6 -100%
1939 9 0.000004085 9 -100%
1940 10 0.000004343 10 -100%
1941 7 0.000002873 7 -100%
1942 5 0.00000183 5 -100%
1943 7 0.00000248 7 -100%
1944 9 0.000003346 9 -100%
1946 9 0.000002817 9 -100%
1947 6 0.000001666 6 -100%
1948 11 0.000003186 11 -100%
1949 8 0.000002296 8 -100%
1950 13 0.000003711 13 -100%
1951 16 0.000004343 16 -100%
1952 13 0.000003423 13 -100%
1953 14 0.000003633 14 -100%
1954 17 0.000004271 17 -100%
1955 15 0.000003736 15 -100%
1956 11 0.000002668 11 -100%
1957 26 0.000006187 26 -100%
1958 31 0.000007499 31 -100%
1959 26 0.000006253 26 -100%
1960 28 0.000006741 28 -100%
1961 38 0.000009174 38 -100%
1962 39 0.000009665 39 -100%
1963 29 0.000007327 29 -100%
1964 25 0.000006431 25 -100%
1965 30 0.000008275 30 -100%
1966 21 0.000006042 21 -100%
1967 32 0.000009426 32 -100%
1968 29 0.000008584 29 -100%
1969 28 0.000008057 28 -100%
1970 33 0.00000915 33 -100%
1971 31 0.000009032 31 -100%
1972 24 0.000007636 24 -100%
1973 23 0.000007624 23 -100%
1974 16 0.000005263 16 -100%
1975 21 0.000006955 21 -100%
1976 19 0.000006262 19 -100%
1977 21 0.000006611 21 -100%
1978 32 0.000010082 32 -100%
1979 22 0.000006613 22 -100%
1980 23 0.000006677 23 -100%
1981 18 0.000005203 18 -100%
1982 27 0.000007697 27 -100%
1983 13 0.000003754 13 -100%
1984 27 0.000007739 27 -100%
1985 25 0.000007005 25 -100%
1986 30 0.000008434 30 -100%
1987 38 0.000010539 38 -100%
1988 55 0.000014885 55 -100%
1989 43 0.000011185 43 -100%
1990 41 0.000010373 41 -100%
1991 52 0.00001335 52 -100%
1992 42 0.000010934 42 -100%
1993 29 0.000007692 29 -100%
1994 34 0.000009146 34 -100%
1995 26 0.0000071 26 -100%
1996 31 0.0000085 31 -100%
1997 40 0.000011032 40 -100%
1998 37 0.000010059 37 -100%
1999 33 0.000008934 33 -100%
2000 38 0.000010053 38 -100%
2001 36 0.000009617 36 -100%
2002 48 0.00001284 48 -100%
2003 58 0.000015254 58 -100%
2004 30 0.000007852 30 -100%
2005 31 0.000008063 31 -100%
2006 42 0.000010616 6 36 -71%
2007 35 0.000008755 35 -100%
2008 27 0.000006869 27 -100%
2009 39 0.000010209 6 33 -69%
2010 18 0.00000487 18 -100%
2011 33 0.000009022 5 28 -70%
2012 19 0.000005195 19 -100%
2013 20 0.000005486 20 -100%
2014 24 0.000006475 24 -100%
2015 22 0.000005944 22 -100%
2016 21 0.000005724 21 -100%
2017 11 0.000003076 11 -100%
2018 11 0.000003129 11 -100%
2019 10 0.000002881 10 -100%
2020 7 0.000002095 7 -100%
2021 6 0.000001771 6 -100%
2022 6 0.000001774 6 -100%
2023 8 0.000002416 8 -100%
2024 7 0.000002103 7 -100%

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