Boys' name · since 1993
Bladen
Bladen has 873 recorded births since 1993 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2009 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #5,594 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 873
- born since 1993
- 2000s
- peak decade
Bladen sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 873 recorded since 1993.
Bladen has 873 recorded births among boys since 1993, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1993 to 2024.
- #5,594 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 873 born since 1993
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bladen ranks #5,594 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 873 born since 1993, peaking in the 2000s.
- #5,594 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 873
- born since 1993
- 2000s
- peak decade
Bladen's 873 recorded births place it above 87.69% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
9 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by North Carolina.
Bladen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Bladen's full recorded timeline at 2010, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1993, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2009 peak of 69 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Bladen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2024
- Peak year (2009)
- 69
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Bladen by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (421 births, 48% of the file).
2000s was Bladen's strongest decade.
421 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Bladen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 46
1990s
46 births
- 2000s
2000s
421 births
- 2010s
2010s
360 births
- 2020s 46
2020s
46 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 421 births (48% of all-time use).
How Bladen compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Bladen's total volume
Bladen by state
Where Bladen concentrates geographically, total births since 1993
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 86 | 9.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 29 | 3.3% |
| #3 | California | | 12 | 1.4% |
| #4 | Indiana | | 11 | 1.3% |
| #5 | Oklahoma | | 11 | 1.3% |
| #6 | Florida | | 6 | 0.7% |
| #7 | Nebraska | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 5 | 0.6% |
86 of 873 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Bladen appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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- Bladen's decade-level peak was the 2000s (421 total births); usage has since declined to 46 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- North Carolina records the most Bladens (86 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. North Carolina names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1993–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Bladen draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.