Bless
Bless was the 6183rd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 14 babies. Its best year was 2018, when it ranked 2896th with 41 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,485 places. More babies were named Bless in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #6,183 boys, down 2,597 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 14boys
- Girls and boys
- 31% girls, 69% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 201841 babies
- Total since 1880
- 811babies recorded
Bless popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
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| 2025 | #10,234 | #6,183 | 9 | 14 |
| 2020 | #8,045 | #3,586 | 13 | 30 |
| 2010 | #11,414 | #6,395 | 9 | 13 |
| 2000 | #8,104 | #7,519 | 12 | 8 |
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How popular is Bless, counting every spelling?
Bless has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Bless?
14 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Bless (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Bless born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 596 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Bless.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Bless?
About 500 people born in the US named Bless are alive today, with a median age of 8; half are between 5 and 13. That makes Bless a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Bless by state
How common Bless was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 49 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Bless: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Bless, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Bless
How popular is the name Bless?
Bless was the 6183rd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 14 babies. Its best year was 2018, when it ranked 2896th with 41 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,485 places. More babies were named Bless in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Bless a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 31% girls, 69% boys given the name Bless in the US.
Where is Bless most popular?
In 2021–2025, Bless was most common in New York (0.04 per 1,000 boys), followed by Florida and Florida.