Blaise is a distinctive choice, ranked #2133 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Blaise in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#2133
US Rank #936
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About the Name Blaise
Blaise has seen a notable decline in recent years, dropping 945 places in five years. It was most popular in 1998 at #1480 — parents choosing it today are making a deliberately counter-trend decision. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Blaise is rare in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Blaise in their class.
In the US it ranks even higher at #936, where it enjoys a particularly strong following.
⭐ Famous People Named Blaise
Blaise Bicknell — Blaise Bicknell is an American–Jamaican tennis player.
Julie Blaise — Julie Blaise is a French former freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Guy Blaise — Guy Blaise is a former Luxembourgish footballer who played as a centre-back for Royal Excelsior Virton in Belgium.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Blaise
Unlikely. With around 11 UK babies named Blaise per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Blaise in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Blaise is declining: down 308 places since 2020, to #2,133 in 2025. It peaked at #1,010 in 1997.
Blaise is more popular in the US (#936) than in the UK (#4844). Names with strong rankings in both countries tend to have broad cross-cultural appeal, working well for international families or those with ties to both nations.
Notable people named Blaise include: Blaise Bicknell, Julie Blaise and Guy Blaise. Short summaries for each appear below.
Blaise does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Blaises in the wild.
11
UK babies named Blaise (2025)
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Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
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In a school of 600
↓ 308 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Blaise
Almost certainly the only Blaise in the class
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UK Popularity (1996–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
US Popularity (2020–2020)
Rank · SSA official data
✨ Similar names to Blaise
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Blaise Florence Metreweli is a British intelligence officer and civil servant, currently Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), following the retirement of Sir Richard Moore.
Blaise Compaoré is a Burkinabé politician and former military officer who served as the second president of Burkina Faso from 1987 until his government was overthrown in 2014.
The Blaise reaction is an organic reaction that forms a β-ketoester from the reaction of zinc metal with an α-bromoester and a nitrile.[1][2][3] The reaction was first reported by Edmond Blaise in 1901.