# Blaze (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/blaze/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 9,110 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 8,508 / 602 (7% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 306, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Variant of Blaise.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 11 | 9,831 |
| 2012 | 11 | 9,821 |
| 2013 | 13 | 8,662 |
| 2014 | 9 | 11,132 |
| 2015 | 16 | 7,335 |
| 2016 | 13 | 8,481 |
| 2017 | 15 | 7,515 |
| 2018 | 9 | 10,704 |
| 2019 | 13 | 8,210 |
| 2020 | 22 | 5,513 |
| 2021 | 24 | 5,262 |
| 2022 | 34 | 4,221 |
| 2023 | 23 | 5,416 |
| 2024 | 26 | 5,041 |
| 2025 | 27 | 4,896 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 265 | 822 |
| 2012 | 305 | 749 |
| 2013 | 331 | 711 |
| 2014 | 302 | 773 |
| 2015 | 354 | 707 |
| 2016 | 263 | 855 |
| 2017 | 281 | 809 |
| 2018 | 260 | 851 |
| 2019 | 244 | 898 |
| 2020 | 271 | 842 |
| 2021 | 322 | 774 |
| 2022 | 339 | 753 |
| 2023 | 336 | 767 |
| 2024 | 336 | 757 |
| 2025 | 326 | 781 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 6 | 2,411 |
| 1998 | 3 | 3,848 |
| 1999 | 7 | 2,189 |
| 2001 | 5 | 2,783 |
| 2002 | 3 | 4,137 |
| 2007 | 4 | 4,294 |
| 2008 | 4 | 4,524 |
| 2011 | 5 | 4,049 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,961 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 15 | 1,522 |
| 2012 | 13 | 1,756 |
| 2013 | 15 | 1,539 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2015 | 11 | 2,020 |
| 2016 | 14 | 1,704 |
| 2017 | 11 | 2,052 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,445 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3,937 |
| 2020 | 11 | 1,935 |
| 2021 | 9 | 2,301 |
| 2022 | 10 | 2,165 |
| 2023 | 11 | 2,007 |
| 2024 | 8 | 2,671 |
| 2025 | 14 | 1,798 |

## People named Blaze

- Blaze Bayley, British heavy metal singer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.