How rare is the name Blas?

4,070 people in the United States have the first name Blas, about 1 in 74,209. It ranks #4,535 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

BLAS

#4,535

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,070
About
1 in 74,209
This common or more
84.2%
Who bears it

Of the 4,070 people named Blas, 95.5% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 2.2% as White and 1.7% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 99% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Blas peaked in 1988, when 43 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1988
Births that year
43
In 2025*
13 ▼70%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 2,921 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.

Blas by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #2,780. The largest share of babies named Blas, 17.6%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1880s#2,9576
1910s#4,053103
1920s#3,203228
1930s#2,780238
1940s#2,994249
1950s#3,551246
1960s#4,041231
1970s#4,078303
1980s#4,832301
1990s#5,455348
2000s#7,186326
2010s#9,645230
2020s#10,778112
Before 19010.2%
Greatest Generation 1901–279.9%
Silent Generation 1928–4514.5%
Baby boom 1946–6416.5%
Generation X 1965–8014.8%
Millennials 1981–9617.5%
Generation Z 1997–1217.6%
2013 and later9.1%

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 Blas is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Blas has been most common in Texas (9.3×), New Mexico (4.2×), and California (2.5×), and least common in California (2.5×).

1,803 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.

Either side of Blas

#4,533 Christophe · 4,073#4,534 Wilton · 4,071#4,536 Dorinda · 4,069#4,537 Dinora · 4,068

Spelled almost the same

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

#18,431 Blase · 585#23,382 Blasa · 419#46,361 Blaz · 144#51,981 Blass · 110

Also a last name

As a last name, Blas ranks #7,549 of 156,621, with 4,243 people. See Blas as a last name

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