Bladen — #9314 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Bladen

The Social Security Administration has registered 872 babies named Bladen between 1993 and 2024, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Bladen currently holds the #9314 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 69 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bladen performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 421 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Bladen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 86 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Bladen in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bladen in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 872 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.