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Blade

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Blade is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 25 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
250.00% of boys
Peak year
2002112 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1982
2,103people given the name
Babies named Blade, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

2,103 boys have been named Blade in the United States since 1982, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2002, with 112 births.

It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2002, and the 2000s alone account for 36%.

By decade

Decadeboys named Blade
1980s86
1990s718
2000s758
2010s397
2020s144

In 2002, its biggest year

Blade was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2002 were Jacob, Michael, Joshua, Matthew and Ethan. See all of 2002.

Names that rose and fell with Blade

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.