Blas

#6,446 for boys in 2025, 13 births

Peak · boys
#809
1880 · 6 births
Debut · boys
1880
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,921
since 1880

Blas over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Blas has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201942peak #809, 1880boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#6,44613
2024#5,65916
2023#5,07519
2022#3,69130
2021#5,11018
2020#5,45116
2019#4,80620
2018#5,32017
2017#4,10525
2016#4,32723
2015#4,54521
2014#3,89126
2013#4,46321
2012#4,39022
2011#3,79227
2010#3,70828
2009#3,91926
2008#4,14524
2007#3,44431
2006#3,30632
2005#2,61442
2004#3,28529
2003#2,72936
2002#2,81733
2001#2,68135
2000#2,47638
1999#2,23141
1998#2,45035
1997#2,34735
1996#2,83826
1995#2,25335
1994#2,12338
1993#2,16236
1992#2,59927
1991#2,01937
1990#1,96838
1989#2,29229
1988#1,64543
1987#1,97431
1986#1,76035
1985#2,11626
1984#1,88529
1983#2,14024
1982#2,16624
1981#1,76632
1980#1,96528
1979#1,57037
1978#1,83428
1977#1,82328
1976#1,78128
1975#2,20520
1974#1,38838
1973#1,48533
1972#2,24317
1971#1,37838
1970#1,39636
1969#1,97718
1968#1,83619
1967#1,85318
1966#1,45028
1965#1,80619
1964#1,61524
1963#1,69522
1962#1,51527
1961#1,73122
1960#1,35934
1959#1,50128
1958#1,95317
1957#1,95217
1956#1,44329
1955#1,50326
1954#1,59323
1953#2,03815
1952#1,61522
1951#1,15039
1950#1,31330
1949#1,50124
1948#1,55922
1947#1,48225
1946#1,17635
1945#1,44521
1944#1,52520
1943#1,36826
1942#1,35826
1941#1,37224
1940#1,31126
1939#1,23828
1938#1,22129
1937#1,62718
1936#1,72316
1935#1,45322
1934#1,46122
1933#1,20230
1932#1,54821
1931#1,28229
1930#1,53323
1929#1,67220
1928#1,56923
1927#1,37229
1926#1,60522
1925#1,45126
1924#1,96417
1923#1,46026
1922#1,95217
1921#1,70321
1920#1,41627
1919#2,26513
1918#2,26013
1917#2,7329
1916#1,94915
1915#1,60019
1914#2,2719
1913#1,49713
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1880#8096
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Blas was already there! It came in at #809, and was given to 6 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1881–1910, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Blas
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 787 spots since 2024 (#5,659 → #6,446)
  • 995 spots since 2020 (#5,451 → #6,446)
  • 1,901 spots since 2015 (#4,545 → #6,446)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #809 (6 births)
  • Births halved by 1881, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1880–1911
Share of babies · boys
1 in 18,415
  • Highest: 1 in 18,415 boys born in 1880 were named Blas (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 131,390 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 11.9% of all boys named Blas (348) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s6#809 (1880)#809
1890s0——
1900s0——
1910s103#982 (1911)#1,945
1920s228#1,372 (1927)#1,616
1930s238#1,202 (1933)#1,429
1940s249#1,176 (1946)#1,410
1950s246#1,150 (1951)#1,606
1960s231#1,359 (1960)#1,684
1970s303#1,378 (1971)#1,710
1980s301#1,645 (1988)#1,971
1990s348#1,968 (1990)#2,299
2000s326#2,476 (2000)#3,142
2010s230#3,708 (2010)#4,335
2020s112#3,691 (2022)#5,239

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Blas in 1942

boys
#1,358
26 births · 1 in 53,122 boys

Top boys' names in 1942

  1. #1James77,182
  2. #2Robert71,845
  3. #3John66,043
  4. #4William54,890
  5. #5Richard43,593
  6. #6David35,905
  7. #7Charles35,854
  8. #8Thomas31,100
  9. #9Ronald27,138
  10. #10Donald23,955
  11. #1,358Blas26
More about 1942

boys

1,381,161 boys got a published name in 1942; 1 in 53,122 of them was named Blas, which outranked 66.4% of the 4,044 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Blas
  1. #1,334Reynolds27
  2. #1,334Sumner27
  3. #1,334Urban27
  4. #1,358Blas26
  5. #1,358Adelbert26
  6. #1,358Burgess26
  7. #1,358Cal26
  8. #1,381Abelardo25
  9. #1,381Baldemar25
  10. #1,381Brett25

Tied with 22 names at #1,358; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1941
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,993Macarthur#3,505 → #512
  2. ↑ 1,546Mcarthur#1,903 → #357
  3. ↑ 655Collin#1,588 → #933
  4. ↑ 514Delmas#1,254 → #740
  5. ↑ 390Colin#713 → #323
Fallers
  1. ↓ 525Otho#971 → #1,496
  2. ↓ 440Florian#918 → #1,358
  3. ↓ 421Martha#960 → #1,381
  4. ↓ 407Watson#951 → #1,358
  5. ↓ 371Gaylen#987 → #1,358

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1942 →