Blessing
- Gender
- Unisex
- Say it
- BLES-ing
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,368 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,225 for girls
Unisex
Blessing is a name of English origin, meaning “blessing”. In 2025 it ranked 1,368th for girls in the UK (24 babies) and 1,225th for girls in the US (184 babies).
What does Blessing mean?
English: virtue name
“blessing”
Often chosen by West African families, echoing names such as the Igbo Ngozi, 'blessing'.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Blessing a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Blessing has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 24 girls and 10 boys in the UK and 184 girls and 45 boys in the US.
How popular is Blessing in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,368among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 24about 1 in 12,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 24 girls in the UK were named Blessing, making it the 1,368th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,286th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 71 girls. 10 boys were also named Blessing in 2025 (2,342nd for boys).
Half of all the girls named Blessing in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 81% of the babies named Blessing in the UK in 2001, and 71% in 2025.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,315th in England and Wales.
Blessing in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #1,368 |
| 2024 | 35 | #1,046 |
| 2023 | 23 | #1,451 |
| 2022 | 24 | #1,406 |
| 2021 | 22 | #1,491 |
| 2020 | 27 | #1,286 |
| 2019 | 45 | #878 |
| 2018 | 32 | #1,148 |
| 2017 | 24 | #1,455 |
| 2016 | 47 | #864 |
| 2015 | 43 | #915 |
| 2014 | 39 | #1,002 |
| 2013 | 39 | #1,007 |
| 2012 | 42 | #945 |
| 2011 | 46 | #858 |
| 2010 | 47 | #831 |
| 2009 | 71 | #590 |
| 2008 | 69 | #604 |
| 2007 | 45 | #789 |
| 2006 | 51 | #682 |
| 2005 | 44 | #746 |
| 2004 | 43 | #716 |
| 2003 | 26 | #997 |
| 2002 | 19 | #1,186 |
| 2001 | 13 | #1,542 |
| 2000 | 10 | #1,792 |
| 1999 | 9 | #1,921 |
| 1998 | 11 | #1,694 |
| 1997 | 13 | #1,466 |
How popular is Blessing in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,225among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 184about 1 in 8,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 184 girls in the US were named Blessing, making it the 1,225th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,042nd. Its busiest year was 2019, with 291 girls. It first appears in the records in 1975. 45 boys were also named Blessing in 2025 (2,797th for boys).
2025 had fewer girls named Blessing than any year since 2014.
Half of all the girls named Blessing in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 93% of the babies named Blessing in the US in 2000, and 80% in 2025.
Blessing in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 184 | #1,225 |
| 2024 | 221 | #1,105 |
| 2023 | 273 | #954 |
| 2022 | 200 | #1,206 |
| 2021 | 237 | #1,061 |
| 2020 | 241 | #1,042 |
| 2019 | 291 | #909 |
| 2018 | 216 | #1,130 |
| 2017 | 217 | #1,141 |
| 2016 | 192 | #1,267 |
| 2015 | 185 | #1,297 |
| 2014 | 181 | #1,308 |
| 2013 | 144 | #1,524 |
| 2012 | 145 | #1,523 |
| 2011 | 112 | #1,804 |
| 2010 | 109 | #1,860 |
| 2009 | 111 | #1,889 |
| 2008 | 109 | #1,927 |
| 2007 | 104 | #1,971 |
| 2006 | 92 | #2,107 |
| 2005 | 84 | #2,179 |
| 2004 | 103 | #1,834 |
| 2003 | 65 | #2,494 |
| 2002 | 64 | #2,464 |
| 2001 | 69 | #2,300 |
| 2000 | 62 | #2,453 |
| 1999 | 40 | #3,185 |
| 1998 | 40 | #3,113 |
| 1997 | 29 | #3,812 |
| 1996 | 22 | #4,578 |
| 1995 | 22 | #4,513 |
| 1994 | 27 | #3,887 |
| 1993 | 22 | #4,518 |
| 1992 | 15 | #6,001 |
| 1991 | 26 | #3,930 |
| 1990 | 14 | #6,125 |
| 1989 | 14 | #5,830 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,311 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
Names like Blessing
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Blessing: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/blessing, updated 20 October 2026.