How rare is the name Blessing?

4,680 people in the United States have the first name Blessing, about 1 in 64,537. It ranks #4,111 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

BLESSING

#4,111

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,680
About
1 in 64,537
This common or more
83.6%
Who bears it

Of the 4,680 people named Blessing, 80.7% reported their origin as Black, 7.2% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 4.1% as White. 88.8% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Blessing peaked in 2019, when 325 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19752025
Peak year
2019
Births that year
325
In 2025*
229 ▼30%
Recorded as
mostly female

At least 4,872 babies have been given the name since 1975. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Blessing by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,836. The largest share of babies named Blessing, 65.7%, were born in 2013 or later.

1970s#19,24513
1980s#13,17662
1990s#6,747257
2000s#3,478941
2010s#2,2092,000
2020s#1,8361,599
Generation X 1965–800.3%
Millennials 1981–964.3%
Generation Z 1997–1229.8%
2013 and later65.7%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Blessing is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Blessing has been most common in Maryland (4.5×), Georgia (3×), and Maine (2.4×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.62×).

2,899 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Blessing

#4,109 Jovanni · 4,690#4,110 Azaria · 4,682#4,112 Brandee · 4,679#4,112 Dmitry · 4,679

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Blessing, most common first.

#27,410 Blessin · 334#43,336 Blessen · 163

Also a last name

As a last name, Blessing ranks #6,511 of 156,621, with 5,010 people. See Blessing as a last name

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