Blas
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BLAHS
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #6,442 for boys
Blas is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “lisping”. In 2025 it ranked 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Blas mean?
Latin: Spanish form of Blaise, from Latin Blasius
“lisping”
Saint Blaise, Blas in Spanish, was a 4th-century Armenian bishop traditionally invoked against throat ailments.
Is Blas a girl's or a boy's name?
Blas is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Blas in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,442among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Blas, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. Its busiest year was 1988, with 43 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Blas than any year since 1919.
Half of all the boys named Blas in the US since 1880 were born between 1946 and 1998, the years shaded on the chart below.
Blas in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 16 | #5,655 |
| 2023 | 19 | #5,070 |
| 2022 | 30 | #3,689 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,447 |
| 2019 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 2018 | 17 | #5,316 |
| 2017 | 25 | #4,101 |
| 2016 | 23 | #4,326 |
| 2015 | 21 | #4,543 |
| 2014 | 26 | #3,888 |
| 2013 | 21 | #4,461 |
| 2012 | 22 | #4,387 |
| 2011 | 27 | #3,790 |
| 2010 | 28 | #3,707 |
| 2009 | 26 | #3,917 |
| 2008 | 24 | #4,142 |
| 2007 | 31 | #3,442 |
| 2006 | 32 | #3,304 |
| 2005 | 42 | #2,610 |
| 2004 | 29 | #3,281 |
| 2003 | 36 | #2,725 |
| 2002 | 33 | #2,813 |
| 2001 | 35 | #2,676 |
| 2000 | 38 | #2,471 |
| 1999 | 41 | #2,228 |
| 1998 | 35 | #2,447 |
| 1997 | 35 | #2,344 |
| 1996 | 26 | #2,833 |
| 1995 | 35 | #2,248 |
| 1994 | 38 | #2,118 |
| 1993 | 36 | #2,157 |
| 1992 | 27 | #2,593 |
| 1991 | 37 | #2,013 |
| 1990 | 38 | #1,963 |
| 1989 | 29 | #2,286 |
| 1988 | 43 | #1,640 |
| 1987 | 31 | #1,970 |
| 1986 | 35 | #1,758 |
| 1985 | 26 | #2,115 |
| 1984 | 29 | #1,884 |
| 1983 | 24 | #2,139 |
| 1982 | 24 | #2,165 |
| 1981 | 32 | #1,765 |
| 1980 | 28 | #1,965 |
| 1979 | 37 | #1,570 |
| 1978 | 28 | #1,834 |
| 1977 | 28 | #1,823 |
| 1976 | 28 | #1,780 |
| 1975 | 20 | #2,204 |
| 1974 | 38 | #1,388 |
| 1973 | 33 | #1,485 |
| 1972 | 17 | #2,243 |
| 1971 | 38 | #1,378 |
| 1970 | 36 | #1,395 |
| 1969 | 18 | #1,976 |
| 1968 | 19 | #1,835 |
| 1967 | 18 | #1,852 |
| 1966 | 28 | #1,449 |
| 1965 | 19 | #1,805 |
| 1964 | 24 | #1,614 |
| 1963 | 22 | #1,694 |
| 1962 | 27 | #1,514 |
| 1961 | 22 | #1,730 |
| 1960 | 34 | #1,358 |
| 1959 | 28 | #1,500 |
| 1958 | 17 | #1,952 |
| 1957 | 17 | #1,951 |
| 1956 | 29 | #1,442 |
| 1955 | 26 | #1,502 |
| 1954 | 23 | #1,592 |
| 1953 | 15 | #2,037 |
| 1952 | 22 | #1,614 |
| 1951 | 39 | #1,149 |
| 1950 | 30 | #1,312 |
| 1949 | 24 | #1,500 |
| 1948 | 22 | #1,558 |
| 1947 | 25 | #1,481 |
| 1946 | 35 | #1,175 |
| 1945 | 21 | #1,444 |
| 1944 | 20 | #1,524 |
| 1943 | 26 | #1,367 |
| 1942 | 26 | #1,358 |
| 1941 | 24 | #1,372 |
| 1940 | 26 | #1,311 |
| 1939 | 28 | #1,238 |
| 1938 | 29 | #1,221 |
| 1937 | 18 | #1,627 |
| 1936 | 16 | #1,723 |
| 1935 | 22 | #1,453 |
| 1934 | 22 | #1,461 |
| 1933 | 30 | #1,202 |
| 1932 | 21 | #1,548 |
| 1931 | 29 | #1,282 |
| 1930 | 23 | #1,533 |
| 1929 | 20 | #1,672 |
| 1928 | 23 | #1,569 |
| 1927 | 29 | #1,372 |
| 1926 | 22 | #1,605 |
| 1925 | 26 | #1,451 |
| 1924 | 17 | #1,964 |
| 1923 | 26 | #1,460 |
| 1922 | 17 | #1,951 |
| 1921 | 21 | #1,703 |
| 1920 | 27 | #1,416 |
| 1919 | 13 | #2,264 |
| 1918 | 13 | #2,259 |
| 1917 | 9 | #2,731 |
| 1916 | 15 | #1,948 |
| 1915 | 19 | #1,599 |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,270 |
| 1913 | 13 | #1,496 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 12 | #981 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 6 | #809 |
Names like Blas
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Blas: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/blas, updated 20 October 2026.