# Blain (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/blain/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,306 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,289 / 17 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 35, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 6 | 15,436 |
| 2009 | 6 | 15,550 |
| 2011 | 5 | 17,188 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 28 | 3,704 |
| 2012 | 19 | 4,885 |
| 2013 | 20 | 4,639 |
| 2014 | 24 | 4,153 |
| 2015 | 22 | 4,418 |
| 2016 | 21 | 4,642 |
| 2017 | 11 | 7,163 |
| 2018 | 11 | 7,182 |
| 2019 | 10 | 7,718 |
| 2020 | 7 | 9,697 |
| 2021 | 6 | 10,976 |
| 2022 | 6 | 11,058 |
| 2023 | 8 | 9,029 |
| 2024 | 7 | 10,045 |
| 2025 | 10 | 7,745 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 4 | 2,357 |
| 1997 | 4 | 2,337 |
| 2000 | 8 | 1,552 |
| 2001 | 4 | 2,587 |
| 2002 | 4 | 2,636 |
| 2003 | 4 | 2,857 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3,895 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.