Blake

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A submission from North Carolina, United States says the name Blake means "Pale or fair and dark haired" and is of Unknown origin.

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Visionary British poet and painter (1757-1827)
Synonyms: william blake

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An English surname, derived from black (dark haired), or from Old English blac, pale or fair.
A surname anglicised from Irish Ó Bláthmhaic.
A male given name transferred from the surnames.
(rather rare) A female given name transferred from the surname.

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Blake Lively

Blake Lively is an actress, model, and celebrity homemaker. She has been prominent since 1998. Blake was given the name Blake Ellender Brown on August 25th, 1987.

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Blake Shelton

Blake Shelton is a country music musician. He was most prominent from 2001 to present. Blake was given the name Blake Tollison Shelton on June 18th, 1976 in Ada, Oklahoma, United States.

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Blake Jenner

Blake Jenner was an actor and singer. He has been prominent since 2010. Blake was given the name Blake Alexander Jenner on August 27th, 1992 in Miami, Florida, U.S. He left this life on August 27th, 1992.

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Blake Griffin

Blake Griffin is a basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers in the National Basketball Association. He has been prominent since 2009. Blake was born on March 16th, 1989 in Oklahoma City.

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Blake Edwards

Blake Edwards was a film director, screenwriter, producer, and actor. He was most active from 1942 to 1995. Blake was given the name William Blake Crump on July 26th, 1922 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S. He breathed his last breath on December 15th, 2010.

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Blake Anderson

Blake Anderson is a comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter. He was most prominent from 2006 to present. Blake was given the name Blake Raymond Anderson on March 2nd, 1984 in Sacramento County, California, U.S.

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Notable Persons With the Last Name Blake

Sir Daniel Day-Lewis

Sir Daniel Day-Lewis is an actor. He was most active from 1970 to 2012. Daniel was given the name Daniel Michael Blake by his parents Cecil Day-Lewis and Jill Balcon on April 29th, 1957 in London.

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William Blake

William Blake was a visionary and poetry poet, painter, printmaker, and printmaking. William was born on November 28th, 1757 in Soho, London, Great Britain. He left this life on August 12th, 1827.

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James Blake

James Blake is an electronic music, dubstep, contemporary r&b, experimental music, and soul music musician. He plays Prophet '08 and Moog Taurus. He was most active from 2009 to present. James was born on September 26th, 1988 in Enfield, London, England. James is also known as E-Harmoni mix.

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Robert Blake

Robert Blake is an actor. His most notable accomplishments were from 1939 to 1997. Robert was given the name Michael James Gubitosi on September 18th, 1933 in Nutley, New Jersey, USA. Robert is also known as Bobby Blake, Lyman P. Docker, and Mickey Gubitosi.

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Amanda Blake

Amanda Blake was an actress. Her career lasted from 1950 to 1989. Amanda was given the name Beverly Louise Neill on February 20th, 1929 in Buffalo, New York, U.S. She left this life on August 16th, 1989.

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Daphne Blake

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Year	Total Babies Born	Girls Born	Boys Born	Ranking
1883	5	0	5
1886	9	0	9
1888	5	0	5
1890	5	0	5
1892	8	0	8
1893	6	0	6
1894	7	0	7
1895	5	0	5
1897	6	0	6
1900	5	0	5
1901	5	0	5
1903	7	0	7
1904	5	0	5
1906	9	0	9
1908	6	0	6
1909	8	0	8
1910	10	0	10
1911	12	0	12
1912	13	0	13
1913	16	0	16
1914	20	0	20
1915	38	0	38
1916	29	0	29
1917	38	0	38
1918	39	0	39
1919	45	0	45
1920	50	0	50
1921	61	0	61
1922	39	0	39
1923	42	0	42
1924	41	0	41
1925	37	0	37
1926	36	0	36
1927	41	0	41
1928	37	0	37
1929	30	0	30
1930	29	0	29
1931	31	0	31
1932	33	0	33
1933	41	0	41
1934	36	0	36
1935	34	0	34
1936	30	0	30
1937	28	0	28
1938	28	0	28
1939	30	0	30
1940	33	0	33
1941	33	0	33
1942	44	0	44
1943	58	0	58
1944	42	0	42
1945	51	0	51
1946	71	0	71
1947	86	0	86
1948	76	0	76
1949	89	0	89
1950	131	0	131
1951	145	5	140
1952	212	0	212
1953	214	6	208
1954	277	0	277
1955	279	0	279
1956	283	0	283
1957	289	0	289
1958	365	0	365
1959	410	0	410
1960	434	0	434
1961	512	0	512
1962	555	9	546
1963	575	7	568
1964	480	8	472
1965	455	10	445
1966	409	9	400
1967	431	9	422
1968	424	20	404
1969	535	14	521
1970	543	17	526
1971	489	13	476
1972	484	22	462
1973	448	15	433
1974	442	22	420
1975	548	25	523
1976	569	13	556
1977	669	25	644
1978	704	34	670
1979	787	42	745
1980	1,008	39	969
1981	1,769	64	1,705
1982	2,406	56	2,350
1983	2,542	46	2,496
1984	2,811	47	2,764
1985	2,982	62	2,920	#100 boy name
1986	2,873	89	2,784
1987	2,890	103	2,787
1988	3,190	91	3,099
1989	3,671	147	3,524	#97 boy name
1990	4,303	202	4,101	#91 boy name
1991	4,472	198	4,274	#86 boy name
1992	4,584	190	4,394	#84 boy name
1993	4,700	195	4,505	#83 boy name
1994	5,068	192	4,876	#81 boy name
1995	5,022	203	4,819	#77 boy name
1996	4,937	190	4,747	#84 boy name
1997	4,935	207	4,728	#80 boy name
1998	4,779	173	4,606	#85 boy name
1999	4,981	172	4,809	#84 boy name
2000	5,325	183	5,142	#80 boy name
2001	5,500	144	5,356	#77 boy name
2002	5,487	130	5,357	#76 boy name
2003	5,382	108	5,274	#79 boy name
2004	4,807	114	4,693	#95 boy name
2005	4,502	86	4,416	#99 boy name
2006	4,624	91	4,533	#97 boy name
2007	5,360	90	5,270	#88 boy name
2008	5,256	162	5,094	#90 boy name
2009	5,176	229	4,947	#89 boy name
2010	4,938	241	4,697	#87 boy name
2011	5,934	325	5,609	#73 boy name
2012	6,435	402	6,033	#72 boy name
2013	6,177	536	5,641	#75 boy name
2014	5,443	501	4,942	#84 boy name
2015	4,975	751	4,224	#96 boy name
2016	4,373	1,095	3,278
2017	3,782	1,182	2,600

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Ethnicity Distribution

Ethnicity		Blake	U.S.
█	White	71.21%	64.26%
█	African American	22.58%	11.96%
█	Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander	0.56%	4.85%
█	American Indian and Alaska Native	0.84%	0.69%
█	Two or More Ethnicities	2.14%	1.76%
█	Hispanic or Latino	2.68%	16.26%

Of Last Name Blake

People with the last name Blake are most frequently White or African American

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What name lists does Blake rank for?

#18 Unique Girl Names

#33 Unisex Names

#73 Last Name First Names

#26 Boy Names Unique to Indiana

#23 Boy Names Unique to Missouri
How Popular is the name Blake? Blake is the 401^st most popular name of all time. As a last name Blake was the 447^th most popular name in 2010.
How many people with the first name Blake have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2017, the Social Security Administration has recorded 182,175 babies born with the first name Blake in the United States. That's more than enough people named Blake to occupy the country of Sao Tome and Principe with an estimated population of 172,000 (as of July 1, 2012).
What year were 5 or more babies first named Blake? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1883 when it was given as a first name to 5 new born babies.
When was Blake first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Blake is Thursday, March 17th, 1870.
What year had the most people named Blake born? The highest recorded use of the first name Blake was in 2012 with a total of 6,033 babies. That's a lot of babies named Blake!
Random Blake Factoid: According to the 2004 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Blake ranks 49^th in popularity as a baby boy's name in Indiana. Imagine that, 198 babies in Indiana have the same name as you in 2004.
Weird things about the name Blake: Your name in reverse order is Ekalb. A random rearrangement of the letters in your name (anagram) will give Kbael. How do you pronounce that?
How many people have the last name Blake? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 73,797 people with the last name Blake.
How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Blake? Blake was ranked as the 447^th most popular last name but is still less than 0.1% of the population!