Blaise

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Blaise Pascal

French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and Christian philosopher (1623-1662)

Choose Blaise and your child shares a first name with Blaise Pascal, a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and Christian philosopher. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Blaise, like who?” Blaise Pascal's Wikipedia article is available in 195 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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Photo: unknown; a copy of the painting of François II Quesnel, which was made for Gérard Edelinck en 1691[réf. nécessaire]., Public domain (opens in a new tab), via Wikimedia Commons

• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 8,019 baby boys born in the US in 2025 was named Blaise, 213 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Blaise would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryBlaise first shows up in US birth records in 1913, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 112 years since.
• 🏆Best yearIts best year was 2002, when it reached #803.
• 🍂TrendBlaise has slipped 103 places over the last five years and now sits at #1,038. Good news if you want a familiar name that fewer kids will share.
• 📍Where it's lovedBlaise is most popular in Connecticut, where it ranks #440, followed by Minnesota (#511) and Kansas (#590). It's in the top 1,000 in 12 states.
• ⚖️Boy or girlBlaise is given to both boys and girls: 83% of the 256 babies named Blaise in 2025 were boys. That makes it one of the names that truly works for either.
• 💬MeaningIn Latin, Blaise means “lisping”.

About the name Blaise

Blaise is a gender-neutral name of French origin meaning “lisping”. It has 6 letters and 1 syllable, starting with B and ending in “-ise”. US birth records list Blaise for boys from 1913 to 2025, in 108 of those 113 years. Its best year was 2002, when it ranked #803 among boy names. In 2025 it ranked #1,038, with 213 babies. Of the 256 US babies named Blaise in 2025, 17% were girls and 83% were boys.

Origin:French names