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👦 Boy's name 💎 Relatively Unique UK #2664

Blaine

Blaine is a distinctive choice, ranked #2664 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Blaine in their class.

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UK Rank 2025
#2664
US Rank #992
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About the Name Blaine

Blaine is climbing rapidly up the charts, having climbed 340 places in just five years. Its best recorded rank was #502 in 2002 — and current momentum suggests it could challenge that mark again. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.

Blaine is rare in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Blaine in their class.

In the US it ranks even higher at #985, where it enjoys a particularly strong following.

⭐ Famous People Named Blaine

Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about the name Blaine

Unlikely. With around 8 UK babies named Blaine per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Blaine in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Blaine is declining: down 729 places since 2020, to #2,664 in 2025. It peaked at #502 in 2002.
Blaine is more popular in the US (#985) than in the UK (#1595). Names with strong rankings in both countries tend to have broad cross-cultural appeal, working well for international families or those with ties to both nations.
Notable people named Blaine include: Blaine Trump, Hal Blaine and Blaine Saunders. Short summaries for each appear below.
Blaine does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Blaines in the wild.
8
UK babies named Blaine (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↓ 729 places
Rank change (last 5 years)

🏫 Who else is in the room?

In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Blaine

Almost certainly the only Blaine in the class

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UK Popularity (1996–2025)

Rank and birth count · ONS official data

US Popularity (2020–2025)

Rank · SSA official data

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Famous People Named Blaine

Notable people who share this name, from history to the present day. See full list on Wikipedia

Blaine Trump1948
Martha Lindley Blaine Trump is an American socialite and philanthropist.
Ephraim BlaineHistorical
Colonel Ephraim Blaine was an early Pennsylvania settler who served as commissary-general for the middle district of the Continental Army under General George Washington.
Hal Blaine
Hal Blaine was an American drummer and session musician, thought to be among the most recorded studio drummers in the music industry, claiming over 35,000 sessions and 6,000 singles.
Blaine Saunders
Blaine Saunders is an American actress best known for her recurring role as Carly on the ABC sitcom The Middle.
Blaine Cook (singer)
Blaine "Zippy" Cook is the former lead singer of the early 1980s Seattle political punk band the Fartz.
Blaine (cartoonist)
Blaine was the name used by Canadian political cartoonist Blaine MacDonald.

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