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In 2019 the name Blake was given to 149 boys and 82 girls in Ontario.
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Update: As of January 22 2022, this name is now listed as Unisex.
https://www.behindthename.com/names/history.php?name=blake
In fact, nancy.cc says this in the upcoming gender switch for Blake:
"Unlike Rowan, Blake is falling on the boys’ list, but rising on the girls’ list. In fact, the graph (right) makes a gender switch look inevitable. This is not something I would have anticipated a decade ago, before the emergence of Blake Lively."
Source: http://www.nancy.cc/2017/05/14/biggest-changes-in-boy-name-popularity-2016/
You can also thank Blake Lively for making this name Unisex.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blake_Lively
https://www.names.org/n/Blake/about
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https://www.behindthename.com/names/history.php?name=blake
In fact, nancy.cc says this in the upcoming gender switch for Blake:
"Unlike Rowan, Blake is falling on the boys’ list, but rising on the girls’ list. In fact, the graph (right) makes a gender switch look inevitable. This is not something I would have anticipated a decade ago, before the emergence of Blake Lively."
Source: http://www.nancy.cc/2017/05/14/biggest-changes-in-boy-name-popularity-2016/
You can also thank Blake Lively for making this name Unisex.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blake_Lively
https://www.names.org/n/Blake/about
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Blake is actually a surname dating back to 1167. When and why did it ever become a given/first name? Anyone know when it was first used as a first name?
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Also occasionally used as a feminine name in modern times.
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In 2018, 8 is the most common age for an American (U.S.) Blake who is registered male with the Social Security Administration. It is the 397th most common male first name for living U.S. citizens.
In 2018, 13 is the most common age for an American (U.S.) Blake who is registered female with the Social Security Administration. It is the 3, 401st most common female first name for living U.S. citizens.
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In 2018, 13 is the most common age for an American (U.S.) Blake who is registered female with the Social Security Administration. It is the 3, 401st most common female first name for living U.S. citizens.
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A man named Blake was my ggg-grandfather. He was born in early 19th century North Georgia (on his parents' farm in the lower Appalachians).
His ancestry is traced backward through Elizabeth Town, New Jersey (from 1700 until the beginning of the Revolution) --> Long Island (while still a Dutch colony until 1700) --> Massachusetts Bay Colony (ca 1630 to ca 1640) --> Amsterdam, Holland (off and on, while living as English religious separatists) --> Nottinghamshire, England (for centuries, until circa 1600) --> Either Normandy or Denmark.
But despite the Viking / Normand ancient roots, his paternal lineage is supposedly Celtic. And we do have a significant portion of Scotch-Irish blood.
I believe the name was unusual for his time (in America, anyway). I've done a lot of research from that period, and have rarely seen it on record anywhere. It was unusual for his family as well, and so I suspect he might have been named for someone in his mother's family, or for a family friend.
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His ancestry is traced backward through Elizabeth Town, New Jersey (from 1700 until the beginning of the Revolution) --> Long Island (while still a Dutch colony until 1700) --> Massachusetts Bay Colony (ca 1630 to ca 1640) --> Amsterdam, Holland (off and on, while living as English religious separatists) --> Nottinghamshire, England (for centuries, until circa 1600) --> Either Normandy or Denmark.
But despite the Viking / Normand ancient roots, his paternal lineage is supposedly Celtic. And we do have a significant portion of Scotch-Irish blood.
I believe the name was unusual for his time (in America, anyway). I've done a lot of research from that period, and have rarely seen it on record anywhere. It was unusual for his family as well, and so I suspect he might have been named for someone in his mother's family, or for a family friend.
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It is in fact a woman's name. Many beautiful women are named Blake (Blake Lively for instance). The character of Blake Carrington from Dynasty in the early 80s made it popular with the association for a male name. Blake (sometimes spelled Blayke) has been around many more years for women than it has for men.
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I once had a female coworker named Blake who was once accused of stealing someone else's time card because of the first name Blake.
She probably has spent most of her life dealing with people like that. I for one believe a couple can name their child whatever they want as long as it's not vulgar. Say, how about a boy named Sue!
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She probably has spent most of her life dealing with people like that. I for one believe a couple can name their child whatever they want as long as it's not vulgar. Say, how about a boy named Sue!
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Blake is not and never has been a woman's name. Stop the ignorance. Blake is a man's name. I am highly offended that people believe Blake is an acceptable woman's name. Twice now I have had uneducated low class people tell me that they think Blake is primarily a woman's name, which can be used as a man's name every now and then. I have to stop typing so I can go throw up on myself now.
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It was interesting to read all the comments about the name Blake. Especially the ones where people said it's not a female name. I was born in 1964 and my name is Blake and I'm a female. So I think that I have a little say so in this matter. When I grew up, no one had my name - no males or females. I was definitely the only Blake. Then the show Dynasty and the character Blake Carrington became a household name in the early 80s (I loved that show). So now there's a lot of males in their late 20s with the name Blake. So I say to my mother, thank you for being a renegade in the 60s and giving me this FEMALE name. And I thank Blake Lively for finally bringing this name back to it's female status. However, I'll accept the fact that my name is a unisex name, like so many others.
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Blake can also be used as a female name too, but this has just been introduced.
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My name is Blake and I'm a girl.
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I know a girl named Blake. By the time I'm 100, boys'll be named Mary and girls'll be named John.
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