girls:
7 births since 2001
#5709 (0th percentile)
boys:
5 births since 1919
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
12 births since 1919
#7727 (0th percentile)
The name Blaney is the #7,727 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 12 recorded births since 1919. This represents the 0.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,709 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 7 births since 2001. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 1919.
Blaney first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1919 (1919 for boys and 2001 for girls). Birth data for Blaney is available in 2 out of the 83 years between 1919 and 2001. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Blaney has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (58.3% of all recorded births). In 2001, 100.0% of babies named Blaney were girls.
For girls, Blaney reached its peak popularity in 2001, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #896) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2001, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2001.
For boys, Blaney reached its peak popularity in 1919, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #535) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1919, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1919.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Blaney".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Blaney. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 90.7% confident that Blaney is pronounced as BLAY-nee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is BLUH-nee, at 9.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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