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Blessing

#1,226 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

English word name: blessing

Blessing has been given to 4,872 babies in the U.S. since 1975. In 2025 it ranked #1,226 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2019, with 291 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 89% girls, 11% boys all-time.

Babies named Blessing, 2025

1 in 18,000

Blessing over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Blessing over time

In 2025, Blessing went to 80% girls and 20% boys.

19752025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Blessing: meaning, origin, and history

English word name: blessing

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Blessing means

Blessing is documented as an English vocabulary word adopted as a personal name. Its immediate reference is the word blessing; the cited entry discusses the word history separately from its use as a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Blessing is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 4,343 girls were recorded with the name Blessing between 1975 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 291 in 2019; its best national rank was #909 in 2019.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,043 in 2020 to #1,226 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #1,298 in 2015 to #1,226 in 2025.

In the United States, 529 boys were recorded with the name Blessing between 2000 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 59 in 2024; its best national rank was #2,375 in 2024.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #3,822 in 2020 to #2,802 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #3,891 in 2015 to #2,802 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Blessing?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 18,000
184 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 8,730
0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#1,226
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
12,490 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Blessing sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5003%

Put another way: gather 12,490 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Blessing. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Blessings were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Blessing was born before 2016 — so the typical Blessing is around 9 today.

Median birth year
2016
About 9 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
41.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
90.9%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
4,343
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 41.3% of all recorded uses (1,792).

Is Blessing rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−120
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−183
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+72
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
0.99×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
63.2%
Peak was 2019 (291)
Years since peak
6
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
12.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#909
2019

Spellings of Blessing

Blessing is the most-used spelling, taking 71.0% of the 6,114 babies given a near-identical spelling.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Blessing is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Blessing was most concentrated in Maine — about 1 in 1,042 girls, against 1 in 6,556 across all states with data. It was least common in Oklahoma (1 in 33,333).

396 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Maine1 in 1,042
  2. 2District of Columbia1 in 2,000
  3. 3Maryland1 in 2,222
  4. 4Georgia1 in 3,448
  5. 5Iowa1 in 3,448
  6. 6Indiana1 in 3,846
  7. 7Illinois1 in 4,000
  8. 8Hawaii1 in 5,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Where Blessing is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Blessing was most concentrated in Georgia — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,211,930 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Georgia1 in —
  2. 2Kentucky1 in —
  3. 3New York1 in —
  4. 4Ohio1 in —
  5. 5Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Blessing has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Blessing around the world

Where Blessing ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1997–2025
    #1,315
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    2000–2025
    #885
    in 2025
  • France
    2004–2025
    #1,921
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2000–2024
    #1,469
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2007–2012
    #871
    in 2012

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Blessing

People whose public names include Blessing, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Blessing by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#1,226
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 183
Best rank ever
#909
2019
Peak year
2019
291 that year
First recorded
1975
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
4,343
Count in 2025
184

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,802
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,020
Best rank ever
#2,375
2024
Peak year
2024
59 that year
First recorded
2000
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
529
Count in 2025
45

Names similar to Blessing

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Names with a curve like Blessing

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Blessing, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Blessing

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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