Bless
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- BLESS
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #6,140 for boys
Bless is a name of English origin, meaning “to bless, to make holy”. In 2025 it ranked 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
What does Bless mean?
English: English word, from Old English bletsian
“to bless, to make holy”
The Old English source, bletsian, is thought to have first meant 'to mark with blood' in sacrifice.
Is Bless a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Bless has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls and 14 boys in the US.
How popular is Bless in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,140among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 120,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Bless, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,568th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 41 boys. It first appears in the records in 2000. 9 girls were also named Bless in 2025 (10,104th for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Bless than any year since 2012.
Half of all the boys named Bless in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2024, 26% of the babies named Bless in the US were girls.
Bless in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 35 | #3,333 |
| 2023 | 32 | #3,564 |
| 2022 | 41 | #3,001 |
| 2021 | 36 | #3,240 |
| 2020 | 30 | #3,568 |
| 2019 | 36 | #3,198 |
| 2018 | 41 | #2,892 |
| 2017 | 23 | #4,327 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,314 |
| 2015 | 29 | #3,683 |
| 2014 | 16 | #5,481 |
| 2013 | 22 | #4,311 |
| 2012 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2009 | 17 | #5,332 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
Names like Bless
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Banks Hayes Beckett Briggs Rhodes Brooks Baker Saint Jett Baylor Ace Bentley
Names related to Bless
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Bless: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bless, updated 20 October 2026.