Blake
Top 1000
About Blake
Blake -- an early unisex option -- dropped out of the Top 100 in 2017 for the first time since 1988, but remains a sophisticated choice. And yes, both conflicting meanings of Blake are accurate. It originated as a surname in England derived from a nickname. Much of its masculine image was influenced by the wealthy, silver-haired character Blake Carrington in the massively popular 80s TV series Dynasty. Rosie O'Donnell has a son named Blake.
Pronounced BLAKE.
As of October 2026, Blake ranked #316 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #71 in 2012, Nameberry popularity #245.
Editor: Pamela Redmond
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #84 | 4,948 | 2,575.9 |
| 2015 | #96 | 4,233 | 2,208.4 |
| 2016 | #127 | 3,289 | 1,733.1 |
| 2017 | #149 | 2,626 | 1,418.7 |
| 2018 | #158 | 2,465 | 1,357.3 |
| 2019 | #183 | 2,141 | 1,193.3 |
| 2020 | #209 | 1,813 | 1,050.4 |
| 2021 | #205 | 1,848 | 1,056.3 |
| 2022 | #228 | 1,579 | 904.3 |
| 2023 | #255 | 1,372 | 802.1 |
| 2024 | #265 | 1,311 | 760.9 |
| 2025 | #316 | 1,080 | 632.3 |
World rankings
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Blake on lists
Famous Blakes
- Blake Edwards (born William Blake Crump)
American film director/producer
- Blake Austin Griffin
American basketball player
- Blake Ellender Lively
American actress
- Blake Tollison Shelton
American country music singer
- Blake Colin Lewis
American pop singer
- Blake Adam Ritson
English actor
- Blake McGrath
Canadian dancer/choreographer and singer
- Blake Michael
American actor
- (Randolph) Blake Farenthold
U.S. Congressman from Texas
- Blake Alexander Jenner
American actor and singer
- Blake Sennett
American musician of band Rilo Kiley and former child actor
- (Philip) Blake Morrison
British memoirist and poet
- Blake Raymond Anderson
American actor/comedian
- Blake Clark
American actor/comedian
- Blake Harrison (Keenan)
English actor
- Blake James Wheeler
American ice hockey player
- Blake David Annen
American NFL football player
- Blake Mills
American musician
- Blake Smith
American fashion designer of TV's "Under the Gunn"
- Blake Richardson
singer and guitarist in British band New Hope Club
- Blake Pieroni
American swimmer
- William Blake
English poet
- Blake Parnell
son of singer Lee Roy Parnell
- Blake Pyatt
son of singer Iris Williams and Clive Pyatt
- Blake Dennis
son of rapper Willie D
- Blake Watt
son of singers Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt of Everything But the Girl
- Blake Noll
son of singer Shannon Noll
- Blake Nickolas Masche (b. 2007)
sextuplet on reality TV's "Raising Sextuplets"
- Blake Ray Stone (b. 2010)
son of Megan McConnell and Nathan Stone of TV's "16 and Pregnant"
- Blake Benjamin Dellacqua (b. 2013)
son of tennis player Casey Dellacqua
- Blake Richard Lynch (b. 2016)
son of athletes Kim Clijsters and Brian Lynch
Blake in pop culture
- Blake Carrington
character on TV's "Dynasty"
- Blake Sofian Gripling
character on TV's "As Told By Ginger"
- "One (Blake's Got a New Face)"
a song by Vampire Weekend
- Robin John Blake
character in "The Dark Knight Rises"
- Octavia and Bellamy Blake
characters in "The 100"