Blas
Blas was given to 13 boys in 2025, #6,499 among boys’ names; 2,921 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,030 Americans named Blas and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (70% of everyone recorded); the median is 37 years old and half are between 22 and 56.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Blas by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Blas mean?
Wiktionary, Spanish section
Blas is “a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Blaise”
Semi-learned borrowing from Latin Blasius.
/ˈblas/
Meaning: Wiktionary, Spanish section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Blas?
#6,499 among boys’ names, 2025
Blas fell from #4,563 in 2015 to #6,499 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 11.0 to 7.6 per million.
43 babies in 1988, the peak
Blas peaked in 1988, when 43 boys were given it, #1,643 among boys’ names. The 13 births of 2025 are 30% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,499 | 7.6 |
| 2024 | 16 | #5,690 | 9.3 |
| 2023 | 19 | #5,092 | 11.1 |
| 2022 | 30 | #3,698 | 17.2 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,133 | 10.3 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,481 | 9.3 |
| 2019 | 20 | #4,816 | 11.1 |
| 2018 | 17 | #5,347 | 9.4 |
| 2017 | 25 | #4,111 | 13.5 |
| 2016 | 23 | #4,339 | 12.1 |
Every recorded year (115)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 21 | #4,563 | 11.0 |
| 2014 | 26 | #3,907 | 13.5 |
| 2013 | 21 | #4,483 | 11.1 |
| 2012 | 22 | #4,407 | 11.6 |
| 2011 | 27 | #3,801 | 14.2 |
| 2010 | 28 | #3,720 | 14.6 |
| 2009 | 26 | #3,926 | 13.1 |
| 2008 | 24 | #4,154 | 11.8 |
| 2007 | 31 | #3,451 | 14.9 |
| 2006 | 32 | #3,309 | 15.6 |
| 2005 | 42 | #2,616 | 21.0 |
| 2004 | 29 | #3,287 | 14.6 |
| 2003 | 36 | #2,733 | 18.2 |
| 2002 | 33 | #2,817 | 17.0 |
| 2001 | 35 | #2,683 | 18.0 |
| 2000 | 38 | #2,477 | 19.3 |
| 1999 | 41 | #2,231 | 21.4 |
| 1998 | 35 | #2,456 | 18.3 |
| 1997 | 35 | #2,348 | 18.6 |
| 1996 | 26 | #2,839 | 13.7 |
| 1995 | 35 | #2,250 | 18.4 |
| 1994 | 38 | #2,119 | 19.7 |
| 1993 | 36 | #2,161 | 18.4 |
| 1992 | 27 | #2,596 | 13.5 |
| 1991 | 37 | #2,018 | 18.3 |
| 1990 | 38 | #1,970 | 18.5 |
| 1989 | 29 | #2,293 | 14.5 |
| 1988 | 43 | #1,643 | 22.5 |
| 1987 | 31 | #1,975 | 16.6 |
| 1986 | 35 | #1,761 | 19.0 |
| 1985 | 26 | #2,121 | 14.1 |
| 1984 | 29 | #1,888 | 16.1 |
| 1983 | 24 | #2,144 | 13.4 |
| 1982 | 24 | #2,172 | 13.2 |
| 1981 | 32 | #1,769 | 17.9 |
| 1980 | 28 | #1,969 | 15.7 |
| 1979 | 37 | #1,572 | 21.5 |
| 1978 | 28 | #1,835 | 17.1 |
| 1977 | 28 | #1,827 | 17.0 |
| 1976 | 28 | #1,785 | 17.8 |
| 1975 | 20 | #2,212 | 12.8 |
| 1974 | 38 | #1,389 | 24.2 |
| 1973 | 33 | #1,485 | 21.2 |
| 1972 | 17 | #2,255 | 10.5 |
| 1971 | 38 | #1,379 | 21.5 |
| 1970 | 36 | #1,395 | 19.4 |
| 1969 | 18 | #1,986 | 10.1 |
| 1968 | 19 | #1,843 | 10.9 |
| 1967 | 18 | #1,858 | 10.3 |
| 1966 | 28 | #1,451 | 15.7 |
| 1965 | 19 | #1,809 | 10.2 |
| 1964 | 24 | #1,617 | 12.0 |
| 1963 | 22 | #1,700 | 10.8 |
| 1962 | 27 | #1,517 | 13.1 |
| 1961 | 22 | #1,736 | 10.4 |
| 1960 | 34 | #1,362 | 15.9 |
| 1959 | 28 | #1,503 | 13.1 |
| 1958 | 17 | #1,960 | 8.0 |
| 1957 | 17 | #1,958 | 7.9 |
| 1956 | 29 | #1,449 | 13.7 |
| 1955 | 26 | #1,505 | 12.6 |
| 1954 | 23 | #1,595 | 11.3 |
| 1953 | 15 | #2,049 | 7.6 |
| 1952 | 22 | #1,621 | 11.3 |
| 1951 | 39 | #1,153 | 20.7 |
| 1950 | 30 | #1,314 | 16.8 |
| 1949 | 24 | #1,507 | 13.5 |
| 1948 | 22 | #1,563 | 12.5 |
| 1947 | 25 | #1,485 | 13.7 |
| 1946 | 35 | #1,177 | 21.6 |
| 1945 | 21 | #1,448 | 15.6 |
| 1944 | 20 | #1,529 | 14.7 |
| 1943 | 26 | #1,370 | 18.2 |
| 1942 | 26 | #1,359 | 18.8 |
| 1941 | 24 | #1,377 | 19.5 |
| 1940 | 26 | #1,314 | 22.4 |
| 1939 | 28 | #1,241 | 25.3 |
| 1938 | 29 | #1,223 | 26.1 |
| 1937 | 18 | #1,637 | 16.9 |
| 1936 | 16 | #1,732 | 15.4 |
| 1935 | 22 | #1,454 | 21.1 |
| 1934 | 22 | #1,464 | 21.3 |
| 1933 | 30 | #1,206 | 30.3 |
| 1932 | 21 | #1,554 | 20.1 |
| 1931 | 29 | #1,284 | 27.9 |
| 1930 | 23 | #1,537 | 21.0 |
| 1929 | 20 | #1,678 | 18.6 |
| 1928 | 23 | #1,571 | 20.8 |
| 1927 | 29 | #1,376 | 25.7 |
| 1926 | 22 | #1,613 | 19.8 |
| 1925 | 26 | #1,455 | 23.3 |
| 1924 | 17 | #1,969 | 15.0 |
| 1923 | 26 | #1,464 | 23.7 |
| 1922 | 17 | #1,957 | 15.6 |
| 1921 | 21 | #1,708 | 19.1 |
| 1920 | 27 | #1,425 | 25.4 |
| 1919 | 13 | #2,275 | 13.3 |
| 1918 | 13 | #2,275 | 12.8 |
| 1917 | 9 | #2,753 | 9.7 |
| 1916 | 15 | #1,963 | 16.9 |
| 1915 | 19 | #1,610 | 22.4 |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,291 | 13.7 |
| 1913 | 13 | #1,505 | 25.4 |
| 1911 | 12 | #988 | 53.1 |
| 1880 | 6 | #827 | 54.3 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Blas a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Blas has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 115 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Blas: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Blas, and how old are they?
2,030 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 70% of the 2,921 Americans ever recorded as Blas. The median Blas alive today is 37 years old; half are between 22 and 56.
The 2020 Census counted 4,070 people named Blas (40 women and girls, 4,030 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,065 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2.0 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 82 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 315 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 384 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 485 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 505 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 263 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Blas born?
The states with the most babies named Blas are Texas, California and New Mexico, with 99% of its births recorded by state since 1910; New Mexico is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 1,294 | not ranked | 5.9× |
| California | 447 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| New Mexico | 41 | not ranked | 2.2× |
| New York | 11 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Arizona | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Florida | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Blas is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Blas is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 5.9 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Blas with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Blas
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Blas and names like it
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- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Blas since 1910.
- Latin namesWiktionary’s origin for Blas: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1988The year the most babies were named Blas.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Blas alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with BMost given first.