Boys' name · since 1981
Blong
Blong has 255 recorded births since 1981 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1990 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,529 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 255
- born since 1981
- 1990s
- peak decade
Blong sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 255 recorded since 1981.
Blong has 255 recorded births among boys since 1981, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1981 to 1998.
- #11,529 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 255 born since 1981
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Blong ranks #11,529 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 255 born since 1981, peaking in the 1990s.
- #11,529 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 255
- born since 1981
- 1990s
- peak decade
Blong's 255 recorded births place it above 74.61% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by California.
Blong's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Blong splits its recorded history at 1990: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1997 (7 births) -- compare that against the 1990 peak of 30 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Blong popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–1998
- Peak year (1990)
- 30
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Blong by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (139 births, 55% of the file).
1990s was Blong's strongest decade.
139 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Blong births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
116 births
- 1990s
1990s
139 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 139 births (55% of all-time use).
Blong by state
Where Blong concentrates geographically, total births since 1981
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 78 | 30.6% |
| #2 | Wisconsin | | 22 | 8.6% |
| #3 | Minnesota | | 17 | 6.7% |
78 of 255 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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- California records the most Blongs (78 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 1981–1998 (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 Blong 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.