NameTides

Blessing

Blessing was the #1,225 girls' name in the US in 2025 (184 babies), and #1,315 in England & Wales and #1,495 in Canada.

Blessing as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Blessing as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020IrelandUSCanadaEngland & Wales
Blessing as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesIrelandCanada
2025#1,225 (184)#1,315 (24)#885 (3)#1,495 (16)
2024#1,105 (221)#1,007 (35)#898 (3)#1,194 (21)
2023#954 (273)#1,410 (22)—#1,254 (19)
2022#1,206 (200)#1,326 (24)—#1,017 (25)
2021#1,061 (237)#1,402 (22)—#2,021 (10)
2020#1,042 (241)#1,200 (27)—#1,121 (22)
2019#909 (291)#854 (43)—#1,186 (21)
2018#1,130 (216)#1,136 (30)#629 (5)#1,741 (12)
2017#1,141 (217)#1,457 (22)#734 (4)#1,000 (26)
2016#1,267 (192)#837 (45)#750 (4)#1,157 (22)
2015#1,297 (185)#860 (43)#751 (4)#951 (27)
2014#1,308 (181)#940 (39)—#1,681 (13)
2013#1,524 (144)#959 (38)#894 (3)#1,432 (16)
2012#1,523 (145)#887 (42)—#1,410 (17)
2011#1,804 (112)#804 (46)—#1,305 (18)

Blessing as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Blessing as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Blessing as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesIrelandCanada
2025#2,798 (45)#2,269 (10)—#2,527 (7)
2024#2,370 (59)#2,672 (8)——
2023#2,769 (46)#2,547 (8)——
2022#3,100 (39)#3,450 (5)——
2021#3,912 (27)#3,451 (5)——
2020#3,811 (27)#4,608 (3)—#2,431 (6)
2019#3,347 (34)#4,702 (3)——
2018#3,891 (27)#2,693 (7)——
2017#3,440 (32)#4,812 (3)——
2016#4,098 (25)#2,804 (7)——
2015#3,882 (27)#4,747 (3)——
2014#5,733 (15)#2,459 (8)——
2013#5,923 (14)#2,216 (9)—#2,305 (6)
2012#7,050 (11)#1,756 (13)——
2011#6,578 (12)#1,251 (20)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2019 at #909.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1975.
  • In 2025, 80% of US babies named Blessing were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 8,800 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 8,800uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 11,000rare
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 7,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 9,300uncommon
USBoys2025about 1 in 38,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 27,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 23,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Blessing is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 8,200 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 5,900 to 1 in 11,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Blessing by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,014ILMichigan: #1,210MINew York: #1,235NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #492IAIndiana: #1,032INOhio: #1,035OHPennsylvania: #1,108PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,487CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #926MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,180VAMaryland: #651MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #546AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,437NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #915GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,087TXFlorida: #1,887FL
Blessing (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,2848

Blessing (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
BlessingCanadaGirls#1,49516
BlessingCanadaBoys#2,5277
BlessingEngland & WalesGirls#1,31524
BlessingEngland & WalesBoys#2,26910
BlessingIrelandGirls#8853
BlessingIrelandBoys—too few
BlessingNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
BlessingNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
BlessingUSGirls#1,225184
BlessingUSBoys#2,79845