Blaze
Blaze was the 781st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 326 babies. Its best year was 2015, when it ranked 707th with 354 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 74 places. More babies were named Blaze in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning variant of Blaise; English word 'blaze' · Latin, English
Say it BLAYZ /bleɪz/
- Rank in 2025
- #781 boys, up 61 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 326boys
- Girls and boys
- 7% girls, 93% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2015354 babies
- Total since 1880
- 9,110babies recorded
What does the name Blaze mean?
Blaze began as an English spelling of Blaise, from the Latin name Blasius. DMNES calls Blaise of uncertain origin, noting that the Latin form may have been influenced by blaesus 'stammering'. Saint Blaise, a 4th-century bishop of Sebaste in Armenia, is invoked against throat ailments. In modern American use the spelling clearly also draws on the English word blaze 'bright flame', from Old English blæse 'torch', and it is often chosen as a word name.
Blasius (Latin, “Roman family name”)blæse (Old English, “torch, flame”)
How sure is this? Uncertain. DMNES: of uncertain origin.
Related names: Blaise, Blaize, Blas.
See also: Latin names.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Blaze', Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- Wiktionary, entry 'Blaise', Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, ed. S. L. Uckelman, Edition 2023 no. 1, s.v. 'Blaise', DMNES (Durham University)
Blaze popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,896 | #781 | 27 | 326 |
| 2020 | #5,513 | #842 | 22 | 271 |
| 2010 | #9,886 | #842 | 11 | 251 |
| 2000 | #4,308 | #880 | 28 | 179 |
| 1990 | #3,821 | #1,306 | 27 | 72 |
| 1980 | — | #2,843 | — | 16 |
| 1970 | — | #3,306 | — | 9 |
| 1960 | — | #2,699 | — | 10 |
| 1950 | — | — | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Blaze, counting every spelling?
Blaze is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #482 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #781 for Blaze on its own. Together these spellings went to 632 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blaze | 326 | #781 | 1,659 |
| Blaise | 213 | #1,038 | 1,042 |
| Blaize | 57 | #2,395 | 267 |
| Blayze | 36 | #3,252 | 203 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Blaze?
326 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Blaze (0.09 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Blaze born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 26 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Blaze.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Blaze?
About 8,300 people born in the US named Blaze are alive today, with a median age of 14; half are between 7 and 23. That makes Blaze mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Blaze by state
How common Blaze was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Louisiana (3.9×), Georgia (2.1×), Oklahoma (2.1×), Alabama (2.1×), Missouri (1.9×). In 17 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Blaze: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Blaze, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Blaze · Sibling names for Blaze
Questions about the name Blaze
What does Blaze mean?
Blaze is usually explained as “variant of Blaise; English word 'blaze'”, but this is uncertain. Certainty: uncertain.
How popular is the name Blaze?
Blaze was the 781st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 326 babies. Its best year was 2015, when it ranked 707th with 354 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 74 places. More babies were named Blaze in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Blaze a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 7% girls, 93% boys given the name Blaze in the US.
Where is Blaze most popular?
In 2021–2025, Blaze was most common in Hawaii (0.77 per 1,000 boys), followed by Louisiana and Georgia.