Blake is a distinctive choice, ranked #432 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Blake in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#432
US Rank #210
About the Name Blake
Blake is steadily gaining in popularity, up 31 places over the past five years. Its best recorded rank was #91 in 2008, and it currently sits at #432. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996. It briefly reached the UK top 100, though it typically sits a little further down the charts.
Blake is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
In the US it ranks even higher at #210, where it enjoys a particularly strong following.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Blake
Unlikely. With around 99 UK babies named Blake per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Blake in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Blake is currently rising in popularity in the UK, up 31 places over the last five years to #432 in 2024. If this trend continues, it will become more common in classrooms over the next decade.
Blake is more popular in the US (#210) than in the UK (#432). 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 Blake include: Blake Griffin — Blake Austin Griffin is an American former professional basketball player.; Rockwell Blake — Rockwell Blake is an American operatic tenor, particularly known for his roles in Rossini operas..
Blake appears in the US top 500 at #210 in 2024 — moderately popular in America, though less so than in the UK.
99
UK babies named Blake (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.1
In a school of 600
↑ 31 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Blake
Likely around 1 other Blake in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
US Popularity (2020–2024)
Rank · SSA official data
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William Blake was an English poet, painter and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his life, Blake has become a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual art of the Romantic Age.
Blake Austin Griffin is an American former professional basketball player. Griffin primarily played with the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and played college basketball for the Oklahoma Sooners, where he was named the consensus national college player of the year as a sophomore.
Blake: Prophet Against Empire: A Poet's Interpretation of the History of His Own Times is a 1954 biography by David V. Erdman whose subject is the life and work of English poet and painter William Blake.