Blessing
Blessing was the 1226th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 184 babies. Its best year was 2019, when it ranked 909th with 291 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 72 places. More babies were named Blessing in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,226 girls, down 183 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 184girls
- Girls and boys
- 84% girls, 16% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2019291 babies
- Total since 1880
- 4,872babies recorded
Blessing popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,226 | #2,803 | 184 | 45 |
| 2020 | #1,043 | #3,825 | 241 | 27 |
| 2010 | #1,861 | #7,134 | 109 | 11 |
| 2000 | #2,458 | #10,549 | 62 | 5 |
| 1990 | #6,161 | — | 14 | — |
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How popular is Blessing, counting every spelling?
Blessing has no other common spelling that sounds the same. Counting every name's spellings together, it ranks #1,174 for girls in 2025, against #1,226 on the official list.
How many kids will share the name Blessing?
184 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Blessing (0.05 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Blessing 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 46 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Blessing.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Blessing?
About 4,300 people born in the US named Blessing are alive today, with a median age of 10; half are between 5 and 17. That makes Blessing 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.
Blessing by state
How common Blessing was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Maine (9.9×), Iowa (2.9×), Maryland (2.5×), Georgia (2.3×), Illinois (1.9×). In 24 states fewer than five girls 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 Blessing: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Blessing, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Blessing
How popular is the name Blessing?
Blessing was the 1226th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 184 babies. Its best year was 2019, when it ranked 909th with 291 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 72 places. More babies were named Blessing in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Blessing a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 84% girls, 16% boys given the name Blessing in the US.
Where is Blessing most popular?
In 2021–2025, Blessing was most common in Maine (1.36 per 1,000 girls), followed by Iowa and Maryland.