Blake

What Blake means

Means “black”

A surname derived from either Old English blæc (“black”) or from Old English blāc (“pale, fair, shining, white”), or as an anglicisation of Irish Ó Bláthmaic.

Source: Wiktionary, “Blake” (revision 93811599), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Blake?

US: Falling: down from #96 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #62 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2012, when 6,047 boys got the name (#71 that year). First in the US records in 1883.

How common

• About 1 in 1,582 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 741 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 196 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in VT (4.13 per 1,000 boys), WI (2.01 per 1,000 boys), MT (1.59 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Blake is #316 in the US and #144 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 51.1% of US babies named Blake were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Blayke7 US · 3 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

Spelling variants on Wiktionary

• Blayke
• Blaeke

Listed as alternative forms on Wiktionary.

If you like Blake

Boys

• Skyler#783Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #360 in 2015, #783 in 2025
• Brock#810Variant of Brook, meaning “swamp, marsh”^*
• Gage#973Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2003, with 2,939 babies; 235 in 2025
• Blaine#991Editor’s note Down from #650 in 2015 to #991 in 2025 in the US
• Tanner#475From a surname for “a tanner”^*
• Devin#548“fortuneteller”^*

For a sister

• Allison#103Form of Elon, meaning “oak tree”^*
• Paige#346possibly “servant”^*
• Brooke#313Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1996, with 6,724 babies; 972 in 2025
• Taylor#403From the word “tailor”^*
• Sydney#348Variant of Sidney, meaning “wide + island”^*
• Leslie#712“garden of hollies”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Blake’s. Rank is US 2025.