Blessed
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BLES-id
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,207 for boys
Blessed is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “holy, favoured by God”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 5,207th for boys in the US (18 babies).
What does Blessed mean?
English: English virtue word
“holy, favoured by God”
Virtue name from the English word, used especially in Christian families in Nigeria and southern Africa.
Is Blessed a girl's or a boy's name?
Blessed is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 7 girls and 18 boys in the US.
How popular is Blessed in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 143% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Blessed, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2024, with 9 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Blessed in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,515 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 1 | #6,198 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
How popular is Blessed in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,207among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 95,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the US were named Blessed, making it the 5,207th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 2021, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 2001. 7 girls were also named Blessed in 2025 (11,928th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Blessed in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Blessed in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #5,207 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 17 | #5,441 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
Names like Blessed
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Oakley Albie Hudson Archer Jaxon Marley Theo Enzo Grayson Atlas Luca Alfie
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Blessed: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/blessed, updated 20 October 2026.