first name
BLAZE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 6,338 people named Blaze, 72.6% reported their origin as White, 9.8% as Hispanic or Latino and 8% as two or more races. 92.8% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Blaze peaked in 2022, when 373 babies got the name.
At least 9,110 babies have been given the name since 1921. 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.
Blaze by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,525. The largest share of babies named Blaze, 46.2%, were born in 2013 or later.
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 Blaze is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Blaze has been most common in Hawaii (9.8×), Louisiana (4×), and Oklahoma (2.9×), and least common in New Jersey (0.27×).
6,257 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 Blaze
Spelled almost the same
6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Blaze, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Blaze ranks #24,589 of 156,621, with 1,059 people. See Blaze as a last name
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