How rare is the name Blaise?

7,702 people in the United States have the first name Blaise, about 1 in 39,215. It ranks #2,934 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

BLAISE

#2,934

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,702
About
1 in 39,215
This common or more
81.2%
Who bears it

Of the 7,702 people named Blaise, 72.1% reported their origin as White, 10.2% as Black and 7.8% as Hispanic or Latino. 91.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Blaise peaked in 2015, when 307 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19132025
Peak year
2015
Births that year
307
In 2025*
256 ▼17%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 9,656 babies have been given the name since 1913. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Blaise by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #1,859. The largest share of babies named Blaise, 35.4%, were born in 2013 or later.

1910s#6,25843
1920s#6,96160
1930s#5,23382
1940s#3,839160
1950s#2,717399
1960s#2,803436
1970s#4,313281
1980s#3,049593
1990s#2,1881,380
2000s#1,9882,098
2010s#1,8592,582
2020s#1,8871,542
Greatest Generation 1901–270.9%
Silent Generation 1928–451.7%
Baby boom 1946–647.9%
Generation X 1965–804.9%
Millennials 1981–9614.7%
Generation Z 1997–1234.4%
2013 and later35.4%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Blaise is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Blaise has been most common in Louisiana (4.7×), Hawaii (3.1×), and Pennsylvania (2.3×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.23×).

5,552 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Blaise

1 other first name also has 7,702 people.

#2,934 Truman · 7,702

Either side of Blaise

#2,932 Tariq · 7,707#2,933 Leif · 7,704#2,934 Truman · 7,702#2,936 Eleni · 7,699

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Blaise, most common first.

#8,898 Blaize · 1,600#18,431 Blase · 585#25,865 Blaike · 364

Also a last name

As a last name, Blaise ranks #12,024 of 156,621, with 2,478 people. See Blaise as a last name

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