Bly — boys' name

What the Data Says About Bly

The Social Security Administration has registered 50 babies named Bly between 2001 and 2010, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Bly currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2010. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 12 babies received it in a single year. Bly is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 10 additional births since 2015.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bly performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 43 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Bly shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bly 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 50 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.