Unisex name · since 2001
Blaney
Since 2001, U.S. Social Security records show 13 babies named Blaney, peaking in 2001. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #50,807 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,997 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 13
- born since 2001
- 2000s
- peak decade
13 babies have been named Blaney since 2001, making it today's #13997 unisex name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Blaney has been recorded 13 times among girls since 2001, currently ranked #13997 nationally and more common than 19% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2025.
- #50,807 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,997 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 13 born since 2001
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Blaney ranks #50,807 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,997 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 13 born since 2001, peaking in the 2000s.
- #50,807 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,997 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 13
- born since 2001
- 2000s
- peak decade
Blaney's 13 recorded births place it above 28.96% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Blaney compares
13 5th percentile among 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
Blaney's all-time total is 97% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Blaney | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 13 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 7 | 21 | 19,840 |
Blaney's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Blaney's SSA record in two at 2025 and the more recent half accounts for 46% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 54%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2025, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2001 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Blaney popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025
- Peak year (2001)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Blaney popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1919 (Blaney as boys' name)
Blaney by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (7 births, 54% of the file).
2000s was Blaney's strongest decade.
7 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Blaney births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
7 births
- 2020s
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 7 births (54% of all-time use).
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What to do with Blaney's data
- Blaney's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (7 total births) through the 2020s (6) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Blaney: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~24 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, 2001–2025 (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 Blaney 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.