Given name & surname · also Scottish
Blaine
“a saint's servant”·“a thin woman”·“a thin man”
Blaine is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “a saint's servant”, “a thin woman”, and “a thin man”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “a saint's servant”, “a thin woman”, and “a thin man”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with Scottish and Irish naming traditions.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Blaine through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 34,307
- 33,071 boys · 1,236 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 644 babies
- 2025
- 250
- #992 for boys · #5,950 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −21%
- Easing
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 92% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 230 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 992 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 25.8% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 617 in 2001. It also appeared in 20 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, Tennessee had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (18). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 25,082 as a first name in 2020; 6,098 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Blaine’s family of names
Blaine has a related form in Blane. Blaine has a related form in Blayne. Blaine has a related form in Blain.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 22
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Blaine
- Blaine LuetkemeyerAmerican politicianborn 1952
- Blaine Sextonice hockey player (1892–1966)1891–1966
- Blaine HiggsCanadian politicianborn 1954
- CadetBritish rapper1990–2019
- Blaine Ridge-DavisBritish cyclistborn 1999
- Blaine GabbertAmerican football player (born 1989)
- Blaine WilsonAmerican gymnastborn 1974
- Blaine HardenAmerican writerborn 1952
- Blaine BoyerAmerican baseball playerborn 1981
Characters named Blaine: Blaine Anderson (the television series Glee).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Blaine, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
McBlane
“son of the servant of Saint Blane”
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Mcclune
“son of the servant of (saint) John”
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McLune
“son of the servant of (saint) John”
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McBlain
“son of the servant of Saint Blane”
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Mcglone
“son of the servant of (saint) John”
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McBride
“the son of a follower of St. Brigid”
69% boys · 31% girls
Kilbride
“son of the servant of (Saint) Brigit”
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Logue
“descendant of the servant of (Saint) Maodhóg”
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