Blondell — girls' name
1,475 babies named Blondell in U.S. Social Security records since 1906, with the highest year being 1934. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
23% of everyone ever named Blondell was born in this single decade.
46 babies were named Blondell in 1934 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Blondell
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,475 babies named Blondell between 1906 and 1975, spanning 70 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Blondell currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1975. The name reached its historical peak in 1934, when 46 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Blondell performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 339 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Blondell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in South Carolina, which accounts for 497 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Blondell in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Blondell 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 1,475 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.
Blondell at a glance
Last recorded 1975Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Blondell popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–1906
- Peak year (1934)
- 46
- Annual births at peak — across 70 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1975.
1,475 total births across 70 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1934 with 46 births in a single year.
Blondell popularity over time — boys
15 total births recorded since 1923 (Blondell as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Blondell accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Blondell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 339 births that decade — 23% of Blondell's all-time total
Blondell decade highlights
- Peak decade 339 births
- Runner-up 291 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Blondell's strongest decade
339 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 23% of all-time use.
Blondell by state
Where Blondell concentrates geographically — total births since 1906
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | South Carolina | | 497 | 33.7% |
| #2 | North Carolina | | 45 | 3.1% |
| #3 | Tennessee | | 41 | 2.8% |
| #4 | Alabama | | 38 | 2.6% |
| #5 | Florida | | 5 | 0.3% |
| #6 | Texas | | 5 | 0.3% |
497 of 1,475 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- South Carolina 33.7% of nationwide
- North Carolina 3.1% of nationwide
- Tennessee 2.8% of nationwide
- Alabama 2.6% of nationwide
- Florida 0.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 6 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
South Carolina accounts for 33.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 1906–1975 (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.