Girls' name · since 1993
Blakelyn
1,417 babies named Blakelyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #5,917 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,956 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,417
- born since 1993
- 2020s
- peak decade
Blakelyn currently ranks #1956 among girls' names in America, with 1,417 babies recorded since 1993.
Blakelyn has 1,417 recorded births among girls since 1993, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1956 as of the latest data, more common than 89% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1993 to 2025.
- #5,917 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,956 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,417 born since 1993
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Blakelyn ranks #5,917 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,956 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,417 born since 1993, peaking in the 2020s.
- #5,917 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,956 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,417
- born since 1993
- 2020s
- peak decade
Blakelyn's 1,417 recorded births place it above 91.81% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
22 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Blakelyn compares
1,417 Top 27% higher than 73% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Blakelyn's all-time total is 4x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Blakelyn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,417 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 134 | 21 | 19,840 |
Blakelyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Blakelyn's SSA record in two at 2011 and the more recent half accounts for 92% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 8%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1995, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2021 peak of 134, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Blakelyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 134
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Blakelyn by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (679 births, 48% of the file).
2020s was Blakelyn's strongest decade.
679 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Blakelyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 18
1990s
18 births
- 2000s 83
2000s
83 births
- 2010s
2010s
637 births
- 2020s
2020s
679 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 679 births (48% of all-time use).
How Blakelyn compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Blakelyn's total volume
Blakelyn by state
Where Blakelyn concentrates geographically, total births since 1993
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 149 | 10.5% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 77 | 5.4% |
| #3 | Tennessee | | 77 | 5.4% |
| #4 | Alabama | | 59 | 4.2% |
| #5 | Louisiana | | 53 | 3.7% |
| #6 | Oklahoma | | 36 | 2.5% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 34 | 2.4% |
| #8 | Kentucky | | 33 | 2.3% |
149 of 1,417 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 22 reporting states.
Blakelyn appears in 22 states. Explore state details →
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- Texas records the most Blakelyns (149 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Blakelyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~32 yrs)
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, 1993–2025 (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 Blakelyn 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.