girls:
298 births since 1987
#5418 (5th percentile)
boys:
441 births since 2000
#4145 (10th percentile)
overall:
739 births since 1987
#7000 (10th percentile)
The name Bless is the #7,000 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 739 recorded births since 1987. This represents the 9.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 9.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,145 (9.6% percentile) for all time with 441 births since 2000. For girls, it ranks #5,418 (5.2% percentile) for all time with 298 births since 1987.
Bless first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1987 (1987 for girls and 2000 for boys). Birth data for Bless is available in 27 out of the 37 years between 1987 and 2023 (25 years for girls and 23 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Bless has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (59.7% of all recorded births). In 2023, 60.4% of babies named Bless were boys. Interestingly, until around 2008, the name was more popular for girls (59.0% girls from 1987 to 2007), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (64.0% boys from 2008 to 2023).
For boys, Bless reached its peak popularity in 2018, achieving the 3.9% percentile (ranked #877) with 21 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 22 births per million (ranked 3.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2007, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Bless ranks #884 for boys (3.0% percentile) with 17 births per million, which is 79.8% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Bless reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 1.7% percentile (ranked #931) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 12 births per million (ranked 1.7% percentile). Despite a peak around 2020, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for girls. Currently, Bless is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #931 (1.7% percentile) with 12 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Bless".
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