| Blaze | Sable | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | Flame | black |
| Origin | english | english |
| Gender | Unisex | Unisex |
| Pronunciation | BLAYZ | SAY-buhl |
| Syllables | 1 | 2 |
| First appeared | 0 | 0 |
| Peak year | 2015 (354) | 1986 (181) |
| In 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Trend | Steady | Vintage |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Blaze | Sable |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 1,930 | 197 |
| 2010s | 2,856 | 175 |
| 2000s | 2,282 | 221 |
| 1990s | 939 | 503 |
| 1980s | 283 | 560 |
| 1970s | 96 | 0 |
| 1960s | 57 | 0 |
| 1950s | 60 | 12 |
| 1940s | 0 | 11 |
| 1930s | 0 | 12 |
| 1920s | 5 | 11 |
Modern English word name from 'blaze', a bright flame or fire. Note: the similar-looking name Blaise is unrelated to fire, deriving from Latin 'blaesus' ('lisping'); Blaze is spelled and read for the fire word.
A word-name from 'sable', which in heraldry denotes the colour black; derived via Old French from the dark-furred sable marten. Note: a vocabulary name, with the 'black' meaning coming from the heraldic term.
Blaze and Sable are given to a similar number of US babies today.
Blaze means Flame (english origin), while Sable means black (english origin).
In US records, Blaze first appears in 0 and Sable in 0, so Blaze has the longer recorded history.