girls:
803 births since 1981
#4913 (14th percentile)
boys:
8.4k births since 1913
#1286 (72nd percentile)
overall:
9.2k births since 1913
#2818 (64th percentile)
The name Blaise is the #2,818 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 9,160 recorded births since 1913. This represents the 63.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 63.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,286 (72.0% percentile) for all time with 8,357 births since 1913. For girls, it ranks #4,913 (14.0% percentile) for all time with 803 births since 1981.
Blaise first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1913 (1913 for boys and 1981 for girls). Birth data for Blaise is available in 106 out of the 111 years between 1913 and 2023 (106 years for boys and 41 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Blaise has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 91.2% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 82.3% of babies named Blaise were boys.
For boys, Blaise reached its peak popularity in 2015, achieving the 29.8% percentile (ranked #636) with 138 births per million. The name was most common in 2015, with 138 births per million (ranked 29.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Blaise ranks #721 for boys (20.9% percentile) with 106 births per million, which is 76.9% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Blaise reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 5.0% percentile (ranked #889) with 29 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 29 births per million (ranked 5.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2009, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Blaise ranks #910 for girls (3.9% percentile) with 24 births per million, which is 82.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Blaise".
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