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01 / Meaning & origin
Blase is a masculine given name documented in English. English Wiktionary traces it to Latin Blasius.
2 source accounts
A rather rare spelling variant of Blaise, from Latin Blasius.
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02 / Across borders
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United States, 2024: 7 boys (rank 9894). Documented as a given name in English.
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03 / By the numbers
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1880–2025 Spelling: Blase
Recorded category boys
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Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Applications | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1881 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1882 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1883 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1884 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1885 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1886 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1887 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1888 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1889 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1890 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1891 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1892 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1893 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1894 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1895 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1896 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1897 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1898 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1899 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1900 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1901 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1902 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1903 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1904 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1905 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1906 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1907 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1908 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1909 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1910 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1911 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1912 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1913 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1914 | 6 | 2,915 | observed |
| 1915 | 7 | 3,082 | observed |
| 1916 | 7 | 3,177 | observed |
| 1917 | 7 | 3,217 | observed |
| 1918 | 7 | 3,368 | observed |
| 1919 | 13 | 2,265 | observed |
| 1920 | 13 | 2,336 | observed |
| 1921 | 9 | 2,986 | observed |
| 1922 | 10 | 2,801 | observed |
| 1923 | 5 | 4,239 | observed |
| 1924 | 5 | 4,347 | observed |
| 1925 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1926 | 8 | 3,139 | observed |
| 1927 | 8 | 3,151 | observed |
| 1928 | 14 | 2,162 | observed |
| 1929 | 9 | 2,766 | observed |
| 1930 | 9 | 2,781 | observed |
| 1931 | 7 | 3,095 | observed |
| 1932 | 8 | 2,849 | observed |
| 1933 | 10 | 2,368 | observed |
| 1934 | 6 | 3,277 | observed |
| 1935 | 5 | 3,645 | observed |
| 1936 | 5 | 3,549 | observed |
| 1937 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1938 | 7 | 2,868 | observed |
| 1939 | 5 | 3,480 | observed |
| 1940 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1941 | 8 | 2,656 | observed |
| 1942 | 10 | 2,386 | observed |
| 1943 | 11 | 2,277 | observed |
| 1944 | 6 | 3,109 | observed |
| 1945 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1946 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1947 | 14 | 2,076 | observed |
| 1948 | 16 | 1,881 | observed |
| 1949 | 14 | 2,022 | observed |
| 1950 | 10 | 2,438 | observed |
| 1951 | 9 | 2,662 | observed |
| 1952 | 8 | 2,875 | observed |
| 1953 | 12 | 2,287 | observed |
| 1954 | 10 | 2,592 | observed |
| 1955 | 15 | 2,048 | observed |
| 1956 | 8 | 2,969 | observed |
| 1957 | 13 | 2,274 | observed |
| 1958 | 9 | 2,818 | observed |
| 1959 | 16 | 2,033 | observed |
| 1960 | 14 | 2,210 | observed |
| 1961 | 15 | 2,148 | observed |
| 1962 | 14 | 2,186 | observed |
| 1963 | 10 | 2,673 | observed |
| 1964 | 12 | 2,409 | observed |
| 1965 | 11 | 2,476 | observed |
| 1966 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1967 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1968 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1969 | 7 | 3,595 | observed |
| 1970 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1971 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1972 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1973 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1974 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1975 | 6 | 4,797 | observed |
| 1976 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1977 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1978 | 5 | 5,772 | observed |
| 1979 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1980 | 6 | 5,525 | observed |
| 1981 | 8 | 4,509 | observed |
| 1982 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1983 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1984 | 8 | 4,552 | observed |
| 1985 | 5 | 6,523 | observed |
| 1986 | 7 | 5,332 | observed |
| 1987 | 7 | 5,459 | observed |
| 1988 | 7 | 5,751 | observed |
| 1989 | 10 | 4,811 | observed |
| 1990 | 10 | 4,993 | observed |
| 1991 | 7 | 6,519 | observed |
| 1992 | 8 | 6,128 | observed |
| 1993 | 9 | 5,771 | observed |
| 1994 | 16 | 3,911 | observed |
| 1995 | 11 | 5,124 | observed |
| 1996 | 5 | 9,015 | observed |
| 1997 | 14 | 4,451 | observed |
| 1998 | 9 | 6,314 | observed |
| 1999 | 9 | 6,530 | observed |
| 2000 | 15 | 4,785 | observed |
| 2001 | 10 | 6,445 | observed |
| 2002 | 11 | 6,088 | observed |
| 2003 | 12 | 5,877 | observed |
| 2004 | 6 | 9,948 | observed |
| 2005 | 12 | 6,226 | observed |
| 2006 | 9 | 7,998 | observed |
| 2007 | 5 | 12,367 | observed |
| 2008 | 9 | 8,324 | observed |
| 2009 | 8 | 8,985 | observed |
| 2010 | 6 | 10,766 | observed |
| 2011 | 8 | 8,767 | observed |
| 2012 | 5 | 12,274 | observed |
| 2013 | 6 | 10,728 | observed |
| 2014 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2015 | 9 | 8,040 | observed |
| 2016 | 7 | 9,664 | observed |
| 2017 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2018 | 5 | 12,156 | observed |
| 2019 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2020 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2021 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2022 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2023 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2024 | 7 | 9,894 | observed |
| 2025 | no value | no value | not covered |
Statistics count the spelling “Blase” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0
Read our methodology04 / Through time
Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.
Blase— “babbler”
Some consider Blasius to be a mere contraction of the Greek _basilios_ (royal); but long before that name prevailed, at least among historical personages, we hear of Blatius, Blattius, or Blasius, as a man of Salapia, in Apulia, whose name seems to have signified a babbler. Nevertheless, Blasio was a surname in the Cornelian gens, and Blasius was Bishop of Sebaste, in Nicomedia, where he was martyred in 316. In the time of the Crusades, his relics were imported from the East,…
Some consider Blasius to be a mere contraction of the Greek _basilios_ (royal); but long before that name prevailed, at least among historical personages, we hear of Blatius, Blattius, or Blasius, as a man of Salapia, in Apulia, whose name seems to have signified a babbler. Nevertheless, Blasio was a surname in the Cornelian gens, and Blasius was Bishop of Sebaste, in Nicomedia, where he was martyred in 316. In the time of the Crusades, his relics were imported from the East, he became patron of the republic of Ragusa; and from a tradition that he had been combed to death with iron combs, such an implement was his mark, and he was the favourite saint of the English wool-staplers. The only vestige of this as a name in England is, however, in Goldsmith’s _Madam Blase_; but in Spanish Blas is used, as no reader of _Gil Blas_ can forget. Blasius is found in Bavaria; and Plase, Blase, Bleisig, and Bläsing, are surnames thence derived.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part IV, Chapter IV (Cognomina), Section III (Blasius) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.
