Bland

Peak · boys
1907 · 6 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
408
since 1907

Bland over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Bland has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #1,200, 1907boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1980#5,5256
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1964#3,0508
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1962#4,0335
1961#4,0655
1960#4,0385
1959#3,6196
1958#2,8189
1957#2,63110
1956#2,9698
1955#2,7649
1954#2,44911
1953#2,28712
1952#3,7345
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1950#3,6815
1949#3,0197
1948#3,3166
1947#3,3706
1946#2,40310
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1944#3,1096
1943#2,5639
1942#3,5605
1941#2,4919
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1938#2,4799
1937#3,5185
1936#2,4529
1935#3,6455
1934#2,7428
1933#3,2686
1932#3,3616
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1930#3,5926
1929#2,58910
1928#2,16214
1927#3,1518
1926#2,18614
1925#2,19314
1924#2,22914
1923#2,12315
1922#3,5327
1921#2,63211
1920#2,05216
1919#2,06315
1918#2,16514
1917#3,9815
1916#3,8975
1915#2,18412
1914#2,6517
1913#2,8215
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First appearance
1907

The first year at least five boys were named Bland! It came in at #1,200, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1908–1913, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Bland is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Bland in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Bland
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1980
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1907
  • Peaked 1907 at #1,200 (6 births)
  • Births halved by 1908, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 24,471
  • Highest: 1 in 24,471 boys born in 1907 were named Bland (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 297,325 boys born in 1980 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 30.1% of all boys named Bland (123) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s6#1,200 (1907)#1,200
1910s63#2,063 (1919)#2,823
1920s123#2,052 (1920)#2,485
1930s54#2,452 (1936)#3,132
1940s58#2,403 (1946)#2,979
1950s75#2,287 (1953)#2,995
1960s23#3,050 (1964)#3,797
1970s0——
1980s6#5,525 (1980)#5,525

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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