Thirty years of Blake
Blake in numbers
Blake peaked in 2014 with 1,106 boys and has fallen since, to 367 in 2025. Its biggest three-year rise came between 2010 and 2013, from 618 to 1,083. It ranked 207th in 1996, reached 56th in 2013 and ranks 144th now. On average it was given to 163 boys a year in the late 1990s, 392 in the 2000s, 878 in the 2010s and 559 in the 2020s so far.
† Shapes, averages and turning points are Baby Data calculations from the ONS counts.
Milestones
First year in each bandChange
- On last year-28%507 to 367
- 5 years-37%583 to 367
- 10 years-64%1,024 to 367
- 20 years+2%361 to 367
- Since 1996×2154 to 367
- Total, 1996 to 202516,704boys
† All changes and totals are Baby Data calculations from ONS counts. A total adds only the published years.
Across the three nations, 2025
Each from its own statistics office, never added togetherRank 144 · ONS · 507 in 2024
Rank 41 · NRS · 102 in 2024
Rank 107 · NISRA · 15 in 2024
England and Wales (ONS) count births in the calendar year; Scotland (NRS) and Northern Ireland (NISRA) count births registered in the year. Each comes from its own statistics office and they are never added together.
Year by year, 1996 to 2025 Show all 30 yearsHide the table
| Year | Rank | Babies | Change† | 1 in X† |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 144 | 367 | -28% | 1 in 819 |
| 2024 | =104 | 507 | -0% | 1 in 602 |
| 2023 | 104 | 509 | -18% | 1 in 595 |
| 2022 | 89 | 619 | -20% | 1 in 502 |
| 2021 | 74 | 771 | +32% | 1 in 415 |
| 2020 | 102 | 583 | -10% | 1 in 539 |
| 2019 | 96 | 646 | -12% | 1 in 509 |
| 2018 | 84 | 733 | -8% | 1 in 461 |
| 2017 | 84 | 799 | -11% | 1 in 436 |
| 2016 * | 73 | 893 | -13% | 1 in 399 |
| 2015 | 62 | 1,024 | -7% | 1 in 350 |
| 2014 | 57 | 1,106 | +2% | 1 in 323 |
| 2013 | 56 | 1,083 | +4% | 1 in 331 |
| 2012 | =66 | 1,046 | +26% | 1 in 358 |
| 2011 | 79 | 831 | +34% | 1 in 446 |
| 2010 | 105 | 618 | -1% | 1 in 600 |
| 2009 | 101 | 623 | -17% | 1 in 581 |
| 2008 | =91 | 749 | +30% | 1 in 485 |
| 2007 | 104 | 577 | +45% | 1 in 614 |
| 2006 | 134 | 399 | +11% | 1 in 858 |
| 2005 | 141 | 361 | +12% | 1 in 916 |
| 2004 | 146 | 322 | +23% | 1 in 1,020 |
| 2003 | =160 | 261 | +21% | 1 in 1,220 |
| 2002 | =174 | 215 | +19% | 1 in 1,423 |
| 2001 | =187 | 181 | -21% | 1 in 1,683 |
| 2000 | =160 | 229 | +24% | 1 in 1,352 |
| 1999 | 182 | 184 | +10% | 1 in 1,735 |
| 1998 | =196 | 167 | +14% | 1 in 1,951 |
| 1997 | 220 | 147 | -5% | 1 in 2,242 |
| 1996 | 207 | 154 | 1 in 2,165 |
* ONS’s boys’ 2016 file repeats the October total as September, so the 2016 births total is about 932 too low and 1 in X for 2016 is slightly too low. Rank follows ONS: names with the same count share a rank (shown with =). “Under 3” means the name was given to fewer than 3 babies that year, so ONS did not publish it.
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Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0; National Records of Scotland; NISRA. Exact spellings are counted separately and names given to fewer than 3 babies are not published. Figures marked † are Baby Data calculations. How we calculate