How Many People Are Named Blaise?
people named Blaise are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 37,854 people in the US has this name
Based on 9,656 babies named Blaise in Social Security records from 1913 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
307 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the Roman name Blasius which meant "lisping" from Latin blaesus. A famous bearer was the French mathematician and philosopher Blaise Pascal (1623-1662).
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⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Blaise, 9.7% were girls and 90.3% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Blaise rose from 0% in the 1940s to 17.2% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Blaise alive today is about 22 years old, and 75% are under 30. Half of them were between 8 and 29 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Blaise first appears in the records in 1913 and was given most often in 2015, to 307 babies. In 2025, 256 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1913 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Blaise has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #802, in 2002. In 2025 it ranked #1,038.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,038 |
| Best rank | #802 (2002) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #912 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Blaise alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Blaise were born in Pennsylvania than in any other state: about 651 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Blaise was given 5.6 times as often in Louisiana, 3.4 times in Hawaii and 3.2 times in Pennsylvania.
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