Blaze
- #4,878 for girls in 2025, 27 births
- #781 for boys in 2025, 326 births
- Given to boys 93.4% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2015 · 354 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 8,508since 1921
Blaze over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it. Not on the chart: 5 boys in 1921 (see the data table).
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,878 | 27 | #781 | 326 |
| 2024 | #5,021 | 26 | #757 | 336 |
| 2023 | #5,390 | 23 | #767 | 336 |
| 2022 | #4,202 | 34 | #753 | 339 |
| 2021 | #5,237 | 24 | #774 | 322 |
| 2020 | #5,487 | 22 | #841 | 271 |
| 2019 | #8,138 | 13 | #897 | 244 |
| 2018 | #10,545 | 9 | #851 | 260 |
| 2017 | #7,442 | 15 | #809 | 281 |
| 2016 | #8,393 | 13 | #855 | 263 |
| 2015 | #7,266 | 16 | #707 | 354 |
| 2014 | #10,955 | 9 | #773 | 302 |
| 2013 | #8,580 | 13 | #709 | 331 |
| 2012 | #9,711 | 11 | #748 | 305 |
| 2011 | #9,723 | 11 | #821 | 265 |
| 2010 | #9,790 | 11 | #841 | 251 |
| 2009 | #8,454 | 14 | #822 | 269 |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | #866 | 245 |
| 2007 | #11,630 | 9 | #876 | 235 |
| 2006 | #10,611 | 10 | #871 | 228 |
| 2005 | #11,834 | 8 | #860 | 214 |
| 2004 | #7,828 | 14 | #819 | 219 |
| 2003 | #6,576 | 17 | #726 | 252 |
| 2002 | #6,698 | 16 | #795 | 217 |
| 2001 | #5,174 | 22 | #766 | 224 |
| 2000 | #4,291 | 28 | #880 | 179 |
| 1999 | #5,039 | 21 | #1,039 | 133 |
| 1998 | #6,073 | 16 | #1,216 | 101 |
| 1997 | #5,228 | 19 | #1,190 | 100 |
| 1996 | #5,771 | 16 | #1,303 | 84 |
| 1995 | #7,041 | 12 | #1,043 | 114 |
| 1994 | #6,319 | 14 | #1,168 | 95 |
| 1993 | #7,498 | 11 | #1,185 | 89 |
| 1992 | #7,067 | 12 | #1,452 | 63 |
| 1991 | #7,430 | 11 | #1,183 | 88 |
| 1990 | #3,813 | 27 | #1,306 | 72 |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 | #1,537 | 53 |
| 1988 | #7,111 | 10 | #1,482 | 51 |
| 1987 | — | #1,587 | 44 | |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 | #1,760 | 35 |
| 1985 | — | #2,071 | 27 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,364 | 21 | |
| 1983 | — | #4,141 | 9 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,709 | 17 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,858 | 10 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,831 | 16 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,810 | 10 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,929 | 14 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,791 | 15 | |
| 1976 | — | #3,264 | 11 | |
| 1975 | — | #5,464 | 5 | |
| 1974 | — | #4,190 | 7 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,445 | 9 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,991 | 11 | |
| 1971 | — | #4,907 | 5 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,282 | 9 | |
| 1969 | — | #4,404 | 5 | |
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| 1965 | — | #2,780 | 9 | |
| 1964 | — | #4,039 | 5 | |
| 1963 | — | #3,646 | 6 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,504 | 11 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,538 | 11 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,685 | 10 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,663 | 10 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,506 | 11 | |
| 1957 | — | #3,024 | 8 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,798 | 9 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,558 | 10 | |
| 1954 | — | #3,827 | 5 | |
| 1953 | — | #3,143 | 7 | |
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First appearance
1921
The first year at least five boys were named Blaze! It came in at #4,322, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1921–1952, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Blaze is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Georgia#370 · 1 in 1,569
- Alabama#422 · 1 in 1,793
- Kentucky#422 · 1 in 1,867
- Louisiana#450 · 1 in 1,913
- Mississippi#471 · 1 in 1,806
Best ever in a state: #87 in Hawaii, 2003.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | #370 | 32 | 1 in 1,569 |
| Alabama | #422 | 12 | 1 in 1,793 |
| Kentucky | #422 | 11 | 1 in 1,867 |
| Louisiana | #450 | 10 | 1 in 1,913 |
| Mississippi | #471 | 6 | 1 in 1,806 |
| South Carolina | #501 | 9 | 1 in 2,355 |
| Wisconsin | #618 | 7 | 1 in 3,347 |
| Texas | #700 | 40 | 1 in 4,376 |
| Maryland | #702 | 6 | 1 in 3,816 |
| Pennsylvania | #704 | 12 | 1 in 4,355 |
| Missouri | #709 | 7 | 1 in 3,973 |
| Minnesota | #718 | 6 | 1 in 4,083 |
| Arizona | #720 | 8 | 1 in 4,090 |
| Ohio | #750 | 11 | 1 in 4,776 |
| Florida | #754 | 20 | 1 in 4,777 |
| Illinois | #805 | 10 | 1 in 4,955 |
| California | #807 | 30 | 1 in 5,849 |
| New Jersey | #829 | 7 | 1 in 5,681 |
| Virginia | #875 | 7 | 1 in 5,322 |
| Michigan | #905 | 7 | 1 in 5,742 |
| Tennessee | #927 | 6 | 1 in 6,128 |
| New York | #994 | 12 | 1 in 7,035 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 24 spots since 2024 (#757 → #781)
- 60 spots since 2020 (#841 → #781)
- 74 spots since 2015 (#707 → #781)
- Biggest jump: 159 spots in 2000
- Biggest drop: 148 spots in 2016
Rise & fade · boys
94 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1921
- Peaked 2015 at #707 (354 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 26 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 26 yrs · run 2000–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 5,091
- Highest: 1 in 5,091 boys born in 2023 were named Blaze (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 5,239 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
- Its best rank, #707 in 2015, was only 1 in 5,415 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 33.6% of all boys named Blaze (2,856) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | #4,322 (1921) | #4,322 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 60 | #2,506 (1958) | #2,931 |
| 1960s | 57 | #2,504 (1962) | #3,228 |
| 1970s | 96 | #2,791 (1977) | #3,707 |
| 1980s | 283 | #1,482 (1988) | #2,434 |
| 1990s | 939 | #1,039 (1999) | #1,209 |
| 2000s | 2,282 | #726 (2003) | #828 |
| 2010s | 2,856 | #707 (2015) | #801 |
| 2020s | 1,930 | #753 (2022) | #779 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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