How popular is the name Blaise?

Blaise ranks 752nd among boys' names in US records, with 22,342 births since 1913. Over the past decade it accounts for 6,340.

Is Blaise a unisex name?

No. Blaise is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2015, when 780 children were given the name. It has been in use for 112 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Blaze, Blaize, Blayze, Blase. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Boy name#752 of boy names

Pronounced B L EY1 Z (ARPABET)

Blaise is a boys' name, and first appears in 1913. It has been given to 22,342 children — the 752nd most common boys' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 2015, when 780 children were given it.

Four other spellings are counted in that total — Blaze, Blaize, Blayze and one more — because they are pronounced identically.

2015Boys: 780Girls: 53

These spellings sound identical to Blaise and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Blaise?: Blaise ranks 752nd among boys' names in US records, with 22,342 births since 1913. Over the past decade it accounts for 6,340.
Is Blaise a unisex name?: No. Blaise is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Blaise most popular?: 2015, when 780 children were given the name. It has been in use for 112 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Blaise spelled?: Blaze, Blaize, Blayze, Blase. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.