Blen
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- bih-LEN
- Origin
- Amharic
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Blen is a girls' name of Amharic origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
Where does Blen come from?
Amharic: Ethiopian name, also spelled Bilen
Is Blen a girl's or a boy's name?
Blen is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Blen in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 4 girls.
Blen in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
How popular is Blen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,913among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Blen, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 27 girls. It first appears in the records in 2004.
Half of all the girls named Blen in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Blen in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 27 | #4,886 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 20 | #6,184 |
| 2015 | 27 | #4,979 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,744 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,638 |
| 2009 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
Names like Blen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eden Fiadh Orla Ocean Imogen Rowan Caoimhe Quinn Aoife Brooklyn Wren Nova
Names related to Blen
More Amharic names
Amare Aryam Gelila Mahelet Nolawi Haset Tafari Bruk Leul Naod Kidus Melat Haile Menelik Nuhamin Meklit
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Blen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/blen, updated 20 October 2026.