Blease — boys' name

What the Data Says About Blease

The Social Security Administration has registered 201 babies named Blease between 1911 and 1961, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Blease currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1961. The name reached its historical peak in 1913, when 20 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Blease performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 115 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Blease shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in South Carolina, which accounts for 171 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Blease in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Blease in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 201 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.