Boys' name · since 1993
Blayde
Blayde has 301 recorded births since 1993 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2002 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,548 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,932 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 301
- born since 1993
- 2000s
- peak decade
Blayde currently ranks #7932 among boys' names in America, with 301 babies recorded since 1993.
Blayde has 301 recorded births among boys since 1993, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7932 as of the latest data, more common than 43% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- 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.
- #10,548 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,932 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 301 born since 1993
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Blayde ranks #10,548 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,932 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 301 born since 1993, peaking in the 2000s.
- #10,548 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,932 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 301
- born since 1993
- 2000s
- peak decade
Blayde's 301 recorded births place it above 76.76% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Blayde compares
301 46th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Blayde's all-time total is 18% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Blayde | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 301 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 20 | 34 | 22,252 |
Blayde's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Blayde splits its recorded history at 2010: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1995 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2002 peak of 20 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Blayde popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2025
- Peak year (2002)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Blayde by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (107 births, 36% of the file).
2000s was Blayde's strongest decade.
107 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Blayde births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
51 births
- 2000s
2000s
107 births
- 2010s
2010s
100 births
- 2020s
2020s
43 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 107 births (36% of all-time use).
Blayde by state
Where Blayde concentrates geographically, total births since 1993
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 1.7% |
5 of 301 births nationwide.
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What to do with Blayde's data
- Blayde's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (107 total births) through the 2020s (43) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Blaydes (5 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 Blayde: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2002)
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 Blayde 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.