UK boy's name
Blazej
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2021. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Blazej is a boy's name in the UK records. People looking for Blazej popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2021 in this profile. In that release it ranked #4789, with 3 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2012, with 16 births.
This profile covers 96 England and Wales registrations across 12 recorded years from 2007 to 2021. The figures come from ONS England and Wales and NRS Scotland, so the page is a view of published baby-name registrations rather than a forecast or a live count of people using the name today.
The latest count is about 19% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 101 living people in the UK are called Blazej. This uses published birth registrations from England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, then applies ONS national life tables to estimate how many are likely still alive. It does not forecast extra births for 2022 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Blazej ranked #4789 for boys in England and Wales in 2021, with 3 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2012, when 16 boys were registered as Blazej.
- • Blazej ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #680 in 2014.
- • About 101 living people in the UK are estimated to have Blazej as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#4789
2021
Births in 2021
3
Latest year
Peak year
2012
16 births
Estimated living
101
2026
Popularity
Blazej over time
The chart below shows babies named Blazej registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 2007 to 2021. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For Blazej, the clearest high point is 2012. The latest England and Wales figure is 3 births in 2021, compared with 16 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Blazej by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Blazej was a short-lived spike or a name that stayed in regular use. Average rank is calculated only from years where a published rank exists.
| Decade | Average rank | Total births | Years covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020s | #4789 | 3 | 1 |
| 2010s | #2613 | 70 | 8 |
| 2000s | #2487 | 23 | 3 |
Geography
Where Blazej is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Blazej. They are useful for spotting where the name is showing up in real numbers, while the rank beside each bar shows how strongly it performs inside that region.
Blazej ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #680 in 2014.
Across the UK
Blazej in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#680 in 2014
2 years of NRS records, 6 total registered
Related
Names similar to Blazej
- Benjamin 90,412
- Ben 36,356
- Bradley 30,230
- Brandon 26,411
- Billy 18,608
- Bobby 16,904
- Blake 16,337
- Bailey 16,014
- Brody 7,230
- Beau 6,722
- Barnaby 5,284
- Brodie 4,801
FAQ
Blazej: questions and answers
How popular is the name Blazej in the UK right now?
In 2021, Blazej was ranked #4789 for boys in England and Wales, with 3 births registered.
When was Blazej most popular?
The peak year on record was 2012, with 16 babies registered as Blazej in England and Wales.
How many people are called Blazej in the UK?
A total of 96 babies have been registered as Blazej across the 12 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 6 more in Scotland.
Where is Blazej most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Blazej ranks best in Scotland, where it placed #680 in 2014. The regional bars on this page use birth counts, so they also reflect the size of each region.
Which records is this page based on?
The England and Wales timeline uses ONS baby-name records. Scotland figures come from NRS and Northern Ireland figures come from NISRA. Counts are registrations in published baby-name files. The living estimate uses those birth registrations with ONS national life tables.