Blessed

Popularity Trends

The name Blessed is the #7,323 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 416 recorded births since 1993. This represents the 5.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 5.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,478 (4.1% percentile) for all time with 238 births since 1993. For boys, it ranks #4,408 (3.8% percentile) for all time with 178 births since 2001.

Blessed first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1993 (1993 for girls and 2001 for boys). Birth data for Blessed is available in 25 out of the 31 years between 1993 and 2023 (25 years for girls and 18 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 Blessed has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (57.2% of all recorded births). In 2023, 47.8% of babies named Blessed were girls. Interestingly, until around 2019, the name was more popular for girls (64.2% girls from 1993 to 2018), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (58.6% boys from 2019 to 2023).

For girls, Blessed reached its peak popularity in 2015, achieving the 1.0% percentile (ranked #950) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 2015, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Blessed ranks #941 for girls (0.6% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 81.8% of its peak share of births.

For boys, Blessed reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 1.4% percentile (ranked #917) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2008, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Blessed ranks #904 for boys (0.8% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 68.2% of its peak share of births.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Blessed".

1993 2023 19932023

Key Statistics

Total Births

238

Peak Births

Peak Year

2015

First Recorded

1993

Peak Percentile

1.0%

Current Percentile

0.6%

Peak Rank

#950

Current Rank

#941

Female statistics

Total Births

178

Peak Births

Peak Year

2021

First Recorded

2001

Peak Percentile

1.4%

Current Percentile

0.8%

Peak Rank

#917

Current Rank

#904

Male statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Blessed", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Blessed.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Blessed's popularity from 1990 to 2023 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Blessed at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Blessed range from Nayla at 97.4% correlation to Makai at 96.8% correlation, with an average correlation level of 97.0%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Soren with 10.4K births (94% boys) and the least popular is Kaiah with 881 births (100% girls).

Blessed's share of births peaked at 16.9 births per million in 2021 (7.7 for girls in 2015 and 9.6 for boys in 2021). It reached its lowest point of 2.6 births per million (15% of peak) in 1999. In 2023, the most recent period with data, the name Blessed had 12.8 births per million, 76% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Nayla

3,203

97.36% (very strong)

Praise

1,175

97.23% (very strong)

Kaiah

881

97.13% (very strong)

Taylen

3,107

97.12% (very strong)

Soren

10.4k

97.02% (very strong)

Thatcher

4,558

96.89% (very strong)

Alianna

4,911

96.88% (very strong)

Lillith

1,909

96.86% (very strong)

Jasiah

8,948

96.85% (very strong)

Sury

1,349

96.84% (very strong)

Ziyah

1,267

96.81% (very strong)

Makai

8,414

96.77% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Blessed

Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Blessed. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 52.3% confident that Blessed is pronounced as blehst, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is BLEH-sihd, at 43.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.

blehst

52.3%

BLEH-sihd

43.2%

blehsd

4.5%

blehst (1 syllable)

Verified

52.3% confidence

B L EH1 S T

BLEH-sihd (2 syllables)

43.2% confidence

B L EH1 S IH0 D

blehsd (1 syllable)

4.5% confidence

B L EH1 S D

Possible Additional Pronunciations

If none of the pronunciations above sound right to you, could you please check whether any of these related pronunciations should be applied to the name Blessed? These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Blessed. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Blessed, please vote using the thumbs up button.

About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like B L EH1 S T) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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