Blaze
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Meaning
vocabulary word 'blaze, fire'
The story
Blaze looks as if it must tell one fiery story, but English has hidden several paths inside it. One blaze is a bright flame, from an Old English word for a torch. Another is the white stripe down an animal's face. That pale mark gave English a word for a notch or painted sign on a tree, and from there came the familiar idea of blazing a trail. The histories may be related far back, but they are not simply one definition wearing costumes. As a given name, Blaze is also a modern spelling of Blaise shaped by the vivid English word. That route deserves to remain beside the fire, not melt into it. The result is unusually visual: a torch in darkness, a horse's white face, a mark guiding hikers through woods. No bearer is required to burn brightly or lead anyone. The name already has enough motion without turning metaphor into prophecy.
How popular is Blaze around the world?
In the United States, 2,086 babies were named Blaze between 2020 and 2025.
Blaze is on the official records of the United States, South Australia, Canada and England and Wales.
United States
1 in 10,000
In the United States, 2,086 babies were named Blaze between 2020 and 2025.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Blaze peaked in the 2010s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
South Australia
1 in 18,0002017
In South Australia, 1 boy was registered as Blaze in 2017.
The count never rose above 4 in a year, too few to chart.
Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names
Canada
1 in 28,000
In Canada, 13 boys named Blaze were born in 2024, ranked 1,614th among boys that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)
England and Wales
1 in 34,000
In England and Wales, 14 boys named Blaze were born in 2025, ranked 1,798th among boys that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales
New Zealand
last on record 2010
Blaze is not on the 2025 record for New Zealand, where names under 10 in a year are excluded at source.
share of that year’s name registrations
First given names from New Zealand birth registrations, grouped by registration year; any name under 10 in a year is excluded at source. Shares divide by Stats NZ’s count of births registered to mothers living in New Zealand, under 1% below the registry’s own count. Source: Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand), baby name popularity over time
Not on the record in Spain, Mexico City, Argentina, Puerto Rico, Ireland, Scotland and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Montevideo record for 1940 to 2011: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Austria record for 1984 to 2025: Statistik Austria publishes every first name down to a single birth, so this name was not given there in those years (before 2010 the record covers babies with Austrian citizenship only). Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.
When you meet Blaze
Most people given the name Blaze in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Blaze deep dive
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