Meaning and history
Blaise comes from the Latin name Blasius, probably derived from the Roman cognomen Blaesus, meaning “lisping, stammering.” The name is associated with Saint Blaise, a 4th-century Armenian martyr, and with the French mathematician and philosopher Blaise Pascal (1623–1662).
20062006: 188 births, rank #985
2007: 197 births, rank #990
2008: 184 births, rank #1,031
2009: 206 births, rank #969
2010: 211 births, rank #949
20112011: 213 births, rank #935
2012: 227 births, rank #909
2013: 230 births, rank #904
2014: 262 births, rank #851
2015: 283 births, rank #808
20162016: 238 births, rank #904
2017: 234 births, rank #910
2018: 204 births, rank #1,012
2019: 235 births, rank #927
2020: 235 births, rank #935
20212021: 217 births, rank #1,006
2022: 219 births, rank #1,015
2023: 199 births, rank #1,080
2024: 194 births, rank #1,106
20252025: 213 births, rank #1,038
Blaise moved from #927 to #936 for boys between 2019 and 2020. Its highest annual birth count came in 2015, with 283 births.