Blenda
Last seen for girls in 1993 at #13,442
- Peak · girls
- 1951 · 57 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,022since 1898
Blenda over time
Rank among girls' names. Blenda has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
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| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 |
| 1987 | — | |
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| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 |
| 1982 | — | |
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| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | #6,948 | 8 |
| 1977 | #6,340 | 9 |
| 1976 | #4,614 | 13 |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 |
| 1974 | #5,360 | 10 |
| 1973 | #4,155 | 14 |
| 1972 | #3,404 | 18 |
| 1971 | #4,534 | 12 |
| 1970 | #2,856 | 24 |
| 1969 | #3,199 | 18 |
| 1968 | #3,315 | 16 |
| 1967 | #4,300 | 10 |
| 1966 | #3,740 | 12 |
| 1965 | #4,494 | 9 |
| 1964 | #4,355 | 10 |
| 1963 | #3,458 | 14 |
| 1962 | #3,161 | 16 |
| 1961 | #2,957 | 18 |
| 1960 | #2,573 | 22 |
| 1959 | #2,596 | 20 |
| 1958 | #2,376 | 23 |
| 1957 | #1,808 | 36 |
| 1956 | #2,321 | 23 |
| 1955 | #1,877 | 32 |
| 1954 | #1,739 | 35 |
| 1953 | #1,707 | 34 |
| 1952 | #1,713 | 33 |
| 1951 | #1,224 | 57 |
| 1950 | #1,495 | 38 |
| 1949 | #1,423 | 42 |
| 1948 | #1,461 | 40 |
| 1947 | #1,488 | 40 |
| 1946 | #1,439 | 37 |
| 1945 | #1,588 | 27 |
| 1944 | #1,698 | 24 |
| 1943 | #1,751 | 24 |
| 1942 | #1,668 | 25 |
| 1941 | #1,649 | 23 |
| 1940 | #2,203 | 14 |
| 1939 | #3,145 | 8 |
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 |
| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 |
| 1936 | #3,103 | 8 |
| 1935 | — | |
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| 1932 | — | |
| 1931 | #3,497 | 7 |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 |
| 1929 | — | |
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| 1925 | — | |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 |
| 1923 | — | |
| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 |
| 1919 | — | |
| 1918 | #3,244 | 9 |
| 1917 | — | |
| 1916 | #2,498 | 12 |
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 |
| 1914 | — | |
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| 1908 | #1,862 | 6 |
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| 1903 | #1,792 | 5 |
| 1902 | #1,594 | 6 |
| 1901 | — | |
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| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Blenda! It came in at #1,700, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1898–1901, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Blenda is popular in 1953
No state had 5 or more girls named Blenda in 1953, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Blenda
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1993
- Debuted 1898
- Peaked 1951 at #1,224 (57 births)
- Births halved by 1956, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 31,594 girls born in 1951 were named Blenda (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 361,814 girls born in 1993 (0.00%)
- 32.4% of all girls named Blenda (331) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,700 (1898) | #1,700 |
| 1900s | 17 | #1,594 (1902) | #1,749 |
| 1910s | 26 | #2,498 (1916) | #3,339 |
| 1920s | 22 | #3,957 (1920) | #4,782 |
| 1930s | 39 | #3,103 (1936) | #3,740 |
| 1940s | 296 | #1,423 (1949) | #1,637 |
| 1950s | 331 | #1,224 (1951) | #1,886 |
| 1960s | 145 | #2,573 (1960) | #3,555 |
| 1970s | 114 | #2,856 (1970) | #5,133 |
| 1980s | 17 | #9,244 (1988) | #9,980 |
| 1990s | 10 | #13,317 (1992) | #13,380 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Blenda in 1953
Top girls' names in 1953
More about 1953
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1,881,301 girls got a published name in 1953; 1 in 55,332 of them was named Blenda, which outranked 73.7% of the 6,497 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,671Vergie35
- #1,671Vivien35
- #1,671Zenobia35
- #1,707Blenda34
- #1,707Annabel34
- #1,707Artie34
- #1,707Chiquita34
- #1,738Arthur33
- #1,738Awilda33
- #1,738Bobbye33
Tied with 30 names at #1,707; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.