girl's name

Blenda

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 6
  • Births on record 1,025

Blenda is a girl's name with 2 syllables. In 1993 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1951, when 57 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1898.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Blenda over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1890s to 1990s. The striped bar is the 1990s, still in progress — it covers 1990 to 1993, not a full ten years.

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'90 '00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90
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Births named Blenda by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1890s 5
1900s 17
1910s 26
1920s 22
1930s 39
1940s 296
1950s 331
1960s 145
1970s 114
1980s 17
1990s (to 1993) 10

How popular is Blenda?

In 1993, Blenda was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Blenda is used

England & Wales #5,751 3 in 2004
United States #15,112 5 in 1993

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Blenda

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Blenda also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Blenda over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Blenda

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Blenda — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Blenda

How popular is the name Blenda?

In 1993, Blenda was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Blenda a girl's or a boy's name?

Blenda is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Blenda?

Blenda has 2 syllables.

When was Blenda most popular?

Blenda peaked in 1951, when 57 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.