Bladen
Boy · BLAY-den · English
Bladen is a boys' name of English origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Bladen mean?
English: English surname
Bladen County, North Carolina, is named after the 18th-century colonial official Martin Bladen.
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Is Bladen a girl's or a boy's name?
Bladen is a boys' name.
How popular is Bladen in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 6 boys.
Bladen in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
How popular is Bladen in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 69 boys. It first appears in the records in 1993.
Half of all the boys named Bladen in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Bladen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 17 | #5,231 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 19 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,293 |
| 2016 | 35 | #3,229 |
| 2015 | 45 | #2,683 |
| 2014 | 63 | #2,152 |
| 2013 | 43 | #2,713 |
| 2012 | 45 | #2,677 |
| 2011 | 50 | #2,477 |
| 2010 | 34 | #3,238 |
| 2009 | 69 | #2,009 |
| 2008 | 51 | #2,466 |
| 2007 | 44 | #2,721 |
| 2006 | 39 | #2,880 |
| 2005 | 48 | #2,395 |
| 2004 | 38 | #2,737 |
| 2003 | 31 | #3,040 |
| 2002 | 37 | #2,599 |
| 2001 | 35 | #2,676 |
| 2000 | 29 | #2,987 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 15 | #4,409 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
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