Boys' name · since 1907
Bland
Bland has 408 recorded births since 1907 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1920 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,903 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 408
- born since 1907
- 1920s
- peak decade
Bland is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 408 have been recorded since 1907.
Bland has 408 recorded births among boys since 1907, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1907 to 1980.
- #8,903 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 408 born since 1907
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bland ranks #8,903 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 408 born since 1907, peaking in the 1920s.
- #8,903 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 408
- born since 1907
- 1920s
- peak decade
Bland's 408 recorded births place it above 80.4% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Bland's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Bland splits its recorded history at 1937: 43% of all births land in the more recent half, 57% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1913 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1920 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Bland popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1907–1980
- Peak year (1920)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 74 years of records
Bland by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (123 births, 30% of the file).
1920s was Bland's strongest decade.
123 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Bland births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 6
1900s
6 births
- 1910s
1910s
63 births
- 1920s
1920s
123 births
- 1930s
1930s
54 births
- 1940s
1940s
58 births
- 1950s
1950s
75 births
- 1960s 23
1960s
23 births
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 123 births (30% of all-time use).
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- Bland's decade-level peak was the 1920s (123 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Bland: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1907–1980 (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 Bland 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.