Boys' name · since 1969
Blandon
Since 1969, U.S. Social Security records show 77 babies named Blandon, peaking in 1971. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #19,137 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 77
- born since 1969
- 1970s
- peak decade
Blandon sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 77 recorded since 1969.
Blandon has 77 recorded births among boys since 1969, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1969 to 1990.
- #19,137 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 77 born since 1969
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Blandon ranks #19,137 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 77 born since 1969, peaking in the 1970s.
- #19,137 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 77
- born since 1969
- 1970s
- peak decade
Blandon's 77 recorded births place it above 57.75% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Blandon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Blandon's SSA record in two at 1982 and the more recent half accounts for 45% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 55%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1982, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1971 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Blandon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–1990
- Peak year (1971)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Blandon by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (36 births, 47% of the file).
1970s was Blandon's strongest decade.
36 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Blandon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1970s
1970s
36 births
- 1980s
1980s
28 births
- 1990s 7
1990s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 36 births (47% of all-time use).
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- Blandon's decade-level peak was the 1970s (36 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 1990s -- 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 Blandon: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1971)
Similar record span (~21 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, 1969–1990 (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 Blandon 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.