Blayze
Masculine · “flame”
Blayze is given to both — 1,257 boys and 90 girls since 1880. See other names given to both
Blayze is a respelling that lets one name do the work of two: the English word blaze, and Blaise, a French saint's name that has nothing to do with fire at all.
How old is the name Blayze?
Blayze first appears in US birth records in 1984 — 41 years ago. The typical Blayze is a kid of about 12 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,200 people named Blayze are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Blayze most popular?
Blayze peaked in 2014, reaching #2044 nationally. Today it ranks #3240, 1,196 places below that high. See the whole 2014 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Blasius to Blayze
The story of Blayze
Saint Blaise was an Armenian bishop whose cult spread widely in medieval Europe, and Blaise, Biagio and Blas all descend from his name. Quite separately, English had its own word for a bright fire. The Blaze and Blayze spellings of recent American records draw on the word, while keeping enough of the older name's shape to inherit some of its respectability — a genuinely useful ambiguity, and one worth understanding before choosing it.
Meaningscholars disagree
flame, or lisping
The English word blaze is Old English, a torch or a bright fire. The name Blaise is from Latin Blasius, generally read as built on blaesus, lisping or stammering — an unflattering Roman byname that became respectable through a fourth-century saint. The modern spelling stands between them.
How the name formed
- Blasius
- Blaise
- Blayze
Related forms: Blaise · Biagio · Blas
Pronouncing Blayze
BLAYZ
One syllable, rhyming with days. Blayze, Blaze and Blaise are said identically in English.
Nicknames for Blayze
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
- 1984
- Most boys named
- 201469 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2044reached in 2014
- Change vs 2024
- +24.1%36 in 2025, from 29
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.
Blayze in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Blaise in French — related form
- Biagio in Italian — related form
- Blas in Spanish — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma.
Blayzes among us
people named Blayze are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 47,447 born in 2025 was named Blayze
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Blayze
- #3240
- Blayze on the 2025 chart
- #638
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Blayze went to 36 boys in 2025, but Blaise and Blaize 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 — 2,602 places above the chart.
About 1 boy in 5,582 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 47,447 for Blayze 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 Fredrik test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Blayze's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Fredrik climbed just as high around 1954, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Fredrik's path sketches the road Blayze is walking now.
Blayze 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 Blayze is headed
Blayze is easing off slowly — about 22% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.
Medium 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.
Blayze beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Blayze in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- One syllable and no ambiguity in the sound; everyone can say it at first sight.
- A genuine medieval saint's name stands behind the sound, giving it more history than it looks to have.
- It has a very clear and vivid image attached to it.
- Blaze is the standard modern spelling and Blaise the historical one; this is neither.
- A fire word as a name is a strong statement and will be remarked on.
- The meaning of the older name — lisping — is not what most people expect.
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Frequently asked
- How many Blayzes are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,200 people named Blayze are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Blayze?
- Blayze is one of 3 recorded spellings. Blaise is the more common one — 213 births in 2025 against 36 for Blayze.
- How popular is the name Blayze in 2025?
- Blayze ranks #3240 among US boy names in 2025, with 36 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Blayze?
- About 1 in every 47,447 US boys born in 2025 was named Blayze — 36 in all.
- Will my child share the name Blayze with classmates?
- Blayze will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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