Recorded 2001–2012 Boys' name Peak 2012 64 births

Blayn — boys' name

64 babies named Blayn in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

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2000s
Peak decade

66% of everyone ever named Blayn was born in this single decade.

2012
Single peak year

9 babies were named Blayn in 2012 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Blayn

The Social Security Administration has registered 64 babies named Blayn between 2001 and 2012, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Blayn currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Blayn performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 42 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Blayn shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Blayn in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 64 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Blayn at a glance

Last recorded 2012

Total births

64

Since 2001

12 years of records

Peak year

2012

9 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2012

Active since

2001

Recorded for 12 years

Last year on file: 2012

Blayn popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–2001

Last recorded 2012
Peak year (2012)
9
Annual births at peak — across 12 years of records
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Blayn by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
42 births that decade — 66% of Blayn's all-time total
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Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Blayn?
64 babies have been named Blayn since 2001. It was last recorded in 2012. The peak year was 2012 with 9 births.
When was Blayn most popular?
Blayn was most popular in the 2000s decade with 42 total births. The single peak year was 2012.
How long has the name Blayn been used?
Blayn has been recorded in Social Security data since 2001, spanning 12 years of data through 2012.
What names are similar to Blayn?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Blake, Blaine, Blair, Blaise, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2001–2012 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.