Blaize
Masculine · “lisping”
Blaize is given to both — 1,899 boys and 275 girls since 1880. See other names given to both
Blaize respells Blaise, and the Latin blaesus means lisping — Saint Blaise is invoked against throat ailments.
How old is the name Blaize?
Blaize first appears in US birth records in 1982 — 43 years ago. The typical Blaize alive today was born around 2010, making them about 15 years old. About 1,900 people named Blaize are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Blaize most popular?
Blaize peaked in 2013, reaching #1588 nationally. Today it ranks #2390, 802 places below that high. See the whole 2013 chart.
Where it comes from
From blaesus to Blaize
The story of Blaize
Blaise was said to have saved a boy choking on a fishbone, and his feast on 3 February still involves the blessing of throats with crossed candles. That his name means 'lisping' and he became patron of throats is a coincidence the tradition never remarks on. Blaize appears in American records in current use.
Meaning
lisping, stammering
From the Latin blaesus, 'lisping' or 'stammering', a Roman cognomen. Saint Blaise is patron of throat illnesses, and his feast involves blessing throats with crossed candles. The English word 'blaze' is unrelated. The Latin is documented.
How the name formed
- blaesus
- Blasius
- Blaise
- Blaize
Related forms: Blaise · Biagio · Blas
Pronouncing Blaize
BLAYZ
One syllable. Blaize, Blaise and blaze are all homophones.
Nicknames for Blaize
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1982
- Most boys named
- 201397 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1588reached in 2013
- Change vs 2024
- +29.5%57 in 2025, from 44
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Blaize in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Blaise in French — spelling variant
- Biagio in Italian — related form
- Blas in Spanish — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, Louisiana, Pennsylvania.
Blaizes among us
people named Blaize are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 29,966 born in 2025 was named Blaize
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Blaize
- #2390
- Blaize on the 2025 chart
- #638
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Blaize went to 57 boys in 2025, but Blaise and Blayze are the same name said out loud. Together the 3 spellings went to 306, which makes it the 638th most-given boys’ name of the year — 1,752 places above the chart.
About 1 boy in 5,582 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 29,966 for Blaize itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Bryn test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Blaize's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Bryn climbed just as high around 1986, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Bryn's path sketches the road Blaize is walking now.
Blaize sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Blaize is headed
Blaize should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Blaize beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Blaize in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That the throat-saint's name means 'lisping' is a first-rate coincidence.
- The candle blessing on his feast is a genuine surviving custom.
- One syllable, sharp, and never mispronounced.
- Blaise is the standard French and English spelling.
- The English 'blaze' is unrelated and identical in sound.
- The literal meaning is unflattering.
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Frequently asked
- How many Blaizes are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,900 people named Blaize are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Blaize?
- Blaize is one of 3 recorded spellings. Blaise is the more common one — 213 births in 2025 against 57 for Blaize.
- How popular is the name Blaize in 2025?
- Blaize ranks #2390 among US boy names in 2025, with 57 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Blaize?
- About 1 in every 29,966 US boys born in 2025 was named Blaize — 57 in all.
- Will my child share the name Blaize with classmates?
- Blaize will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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