Blenda
Blenda is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 195157 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1898
- 1,022people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,022 girls have been named Blenda in the United States since 1898, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1951, with 57 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 57 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1952, and the 1950s alone account for 32%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Blenda | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | |
| 1900s | 17 | |
| 1910s | 26 | |
| 1920s | 22 | |
| 1930s | 39 | |
| 1940s | 296 | |
| 1950s | 331 | |
| 1960s | 145 | |
| 1970s | 114 | |
| 1980s | 17 | |
| 1990s | 10 |
In 1951, its biggest year
Blenda was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1951 were Linda, Mary, Patricia, Deborah and Barbara. See all of 1951.
Names that rose and fell with Blenda
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Paulettapeak 1948
- Merrileepeak 1942
- Bonitapeak 1950
- Kathleenpeak 1951
- Georgannepeak 1952
- Sharanpeak 1947
- Diannepeak 1947
- Marshapeak 1952
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.