Blas

Where Blas comes from

Blas hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year, and the peak
    #809 among boys with 6 babies — the first year on record, and still its best.
  2. 1881
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  3. 1981
    Blas Pérez born
    Panamanian footballer
  4. 1991
    Blas Cantó born
    Spanish singer
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Blas Cantó · Spanish singer, born 1991
  • Blas Pérez · Panamanian footballer, born 1981
  • Blas de Otero · Spanish poet, 1916–1979
  • Blas Infante · Andalusian politician, 1885–1936
  • Blas de Lezo · Spanish admiral, 1689–1741

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.