Boy
Blaise
As a boy's name, Blaise is understood to mean "lisping, stammering". It has been climbing steadily, peaking most recently in the 2000s. Today, it is on the rarer side without being unusual in the registry. Few names stick around this long: it shows up across almost the entire twelve-decade span this registry covers.
LatinLatin "blaesus"
EtymologyMeaning "lisping, stammering"
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
43
1920s
60
1930s
82
1940s
160
1950s
399
1960s
436
1970s
281
1980s
593
1990s
1,380
2000s
2,097
2010s
2,071
Peaked in the 2000s · 7,602 total U.S. births since 1900