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Blaise

#1,038 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Possibly lisping, stammering

Blaise has been given to 9,656 babies in the U.S. since 1913. In 2025 it ranked #1,038 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2015, with 283 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 91% boys, 9% girls all-time.

Babies named Blaise, 2025

1 in 15,600

Blaise over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Blaise over time

In 2025, Blaise went to 17% girls and 83% boys.

19132025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Blaise: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly lisping, stammering

French, Latin and Old French

What Blaise means

Blaise may mean “lisping, stammering”.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Borrowed from Old French Blaise in the Middle Ages and revived partly due to the modern French equivalent, from Latin Blasius. Doublet of Blasius.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Blaise (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Blaise is used in English and French. Its origins include French, Latin and Old French.

Blaise comes through Old French Blaise and Latin Blasius.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Blasius.

Pronunciation and spelling

In French, Blaise is pronounced /blɛz/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 8,768 boys were recorded with the name Blaise between 1913 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 283 in 2015; its best national rank was #802 in 2002.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #936 in 2020 to #1,038 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #808 in 2015 to #1,038 in 2025.

In the United States, 888 girls were recorded with the name Blaise between 1981 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 52 in 2021; its best national rank was #3,119 in 2021.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #3,693 in 2020 to #3,529 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #5,491 in 2015 to #3,529 in 2025.

How common is Blaise?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 15,600
213 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 8,020
0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,038
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
10,789 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Blaise sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5003%

Put another way: gather 10,789 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Blaise. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Blaises were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Blaise was born before 2006 — so the typical Blaise is around 19 today.

Median birth year
2006
About 19 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
26.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
61.5%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
8,423
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 26.7% of all recorded uses (2,337).

Is Blaise rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+68
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−102
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−230
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.75×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
75.3%
Peak was 2015 (283)
Years since peak
10
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
7.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#802
2002

Spellings of Blaise

Blaise is not the most common spelling — Blake is, with 67.0% against Blaise's 3.1%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Blaise is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Blaise was most concentrated in Louisiana — about 1 in 2,128 boys, against 1 in 8,157 across all states with data. It was least common in Alabama (1 in 25,000).

447 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Louisiana1 in 2,128
  2. 2Kansas1 in 3,333
  3. 3Minnesota1 in 4,167
  4. 4Pennsylvania1 in 4,348
  5. 5Wisconsin1 in 4,545
  6. 6Ohio1 in 5,000
  7. 7Virginia1 in 5,263
  8. 8Michigan1 in 5,882

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Where Blaise is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Blaise was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 463,705 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Louisiana1 in —
  3. 3Missouri1 in —
  4. 4Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Blaise has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Blaise around the world

Where Blaise ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #2,133
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    2004–2025
    #468
    in 2025
  • France
    1900–2025
    #1,564
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #1,964
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1962–2011
    #784
    in 2011

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Blaise

People whose public names include Blaise, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Blaise in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Blaise. Linked forms have their own page here.

BlasBraisBiagioBlažVlasBleizBalázsBlažejBłażejBlasiusBlaisianBlasiounBlažiejus

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Blaise by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,038
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 102
Best rank ever
#802
2002
Peak year
2015
283 that year
First recorded
1913
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
8,768
Count in 2025
213

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#3,529
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 164
Best rank ever
#3,119
2021
Peak year
2021
52 that year
First recorded
1981
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
888
Count in 2025
43

Names similar to Blaise

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

BlayneBlazeBlairBlaineBlaneBlaizeBlayzeBlainBladeBlaykeBlasBlakelyMarquiseBlaydenBlaydeBladimirBladenBlantonBlakeLouiseMoisePraiseCruiseDenise

Names with a curve like Blaise

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Blaise, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

ReyAlonsoMenachemEliezerAndersLayneSimeonAbdullahAdrienReaganSamiMordechai

Sibling names for Blaise

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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