# Blessing (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/blessing/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,872 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 529 / 4,343 (89% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,197, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 112 | 1,807 |
| 2012 | 145 | 1,523 |
| 2013 | 144 | 1,526 |
| 2014 | 181 | 1,309 |
| 2015 | 185 | 1,298 |
| 2016 | 192 | 1,267 |
| 2017 | 217 | 1,142 |
| 2018 | 216 | 1,132 |
| 2019 | 291 | 909 |
| 2020 | 241 | 1,043 |
| 2021 | 237 | 1,061 |
| 2022 | 200 | 1,210 |
| 2023 | 273 | 955 |
| 2024 | 221 | 1,106 |
| 2025 | 184 | 1,226 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 12 | 6,636 |
| 2012 | 11 | 7,123 |
| 2013 | 14 | 5,958 |
| 2014 | 15 | 5,767 |
| 2015 | 27 | 3,892 |
| 2016 | 25 | 4,111 |
| 2017 | 32 | 3,450 |
| 2018 | 27 | 3,902 |
| 2019 | 34 | 3,357 |
| 2020 | 27 | 3,825 |
| 2021 | 27 | 3,927 |
| 2022 | 39 | 3,108 |
| 2023 | 46 | 2,770 |
| 2024 | 59 | 2,375 |
| 2025 | 45 | 2,803 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 46 | 804 |
| 2012 | 42 | 887 |
| 2013 | 38 | 959 |
| 2014 | 39 | 940 |
| 2015 | 43 | 860 |
| 2016 | 45 | 837 |
| 2017 | 22 | 1,457 |
| 2018 | 30 | 1,136 |
| 2019 | 43 | 854 |
| 2020 | 27 | 1,200 |
| 2021 | 22 | 1,402 |
| 2022 | 24 | 1,326 |
| 2023 | 22 | 1,410 |
| 2024 | 35 | 1,007 |
| 2025 | 24 | 1,315 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 20 | 1,251 |
| 2012 | 13 | 1,756 |
| 2013 | 9 | 2,216 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2,459 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2016 | 7 | 2,804 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2018 | 7 | 2,693 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,451 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2,546 |
| 2024 | 8 | 2,671 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2,269 |

## People named Blessing

- Blessing Kaku, Belgian-Nigerian footballer
- Blessing Muzarabani, cricketer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.