Blaze Boy
How popular is Blaze?
#781 boy name in 2025
326 baby boys were named Blaze in the US in 2025, making it the 781st most popular boy name. Another 27 girls got the name (#4,877 for girls).
Blaze popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #781 for boys (▼ 24 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 326 boys, 27 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-8% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #707 in 2015, #841 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2015 (354 boys) |
| Highest rank | #707 in 2015 |
| First recorded | 1921 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 94% boys, 6% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Blaze counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Blaze family of names ranked #455 for boys in 2025 (#458 the year before), with 664 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Blaze | 326 | 49% |
| Blaise | 213 | 32% |
| Blaize | 57 | 9% |
| Blayze | 36 | 5% |
| Bless | 14 | 2% |
| Blas | 13 | 2% |
| Blass | 5 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Blaze is most popular
Babies named Blaze per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Blaze by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | #4,320 |
| 1950s | 60 | #2,505 |
| 1960s | 57 | #2,503 |
| 1970s | 96 | #2,790 |
| 1980s | 283 | #1,477 |
| 1990s | 939 | #1,037 |
| 2000s | 2,282 | #726 |
| 2010s | 2,856 | #707 |
| 2020s | 1,930 | #753 |
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Questions
- Is Blaze a boy or girl name?
- Blaze is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 94% of babies named Blaze were boys.
- How popular is the name Blaze?
- 326 baby boys were named Blaze in the US in 2025, making it the 781st most popular boy name. Another 27 girls got the name (#4,877 for girls).
- When was Blaze most popular?
- Blaze peaked in 2015, when 354 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #707 in 2015.
- How many people are named Blaze?
- 9,110 babies have been named Blaze in the US since 1880. We estimate about 8,962 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 14.
- Where is Blaze most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Blaze was most common in Hawaii, at 0.8 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.