girls:
3.9k births since 1975
#2754 (52nd percentile)
boys:
424 births since 2000
#4162 (9th percentile)
overall:
4.4k births since 1975
#4147 (46th percentile)
The name Blessing is the #4,147 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,358 recorded births since 1975. This represents the 46.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 46.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,754 (51.8% percentile) for all time with 3,934 births since 1975. For boys, it ranks #4,162 (9.2% percentile) for all time with 424 births since 2000.
Blessing first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1975 (1975 for girls and 2000 for boys). Birth data for Blessing is available in 44 out of the 49 years between 1975 and 2023 (44 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 Blessing has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 90.3% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 85.5% of babies named Blessing were girls.
For girls, Blessing reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 29.7% percentile (ranked #665) with 159 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 159 births per million (ranked 29.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1986, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Blessing is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #686 (27.6% percentile) with 156 births per million.
For boys, Blessing reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 4.5% percentile (ranked #870) with 25 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 25 births per million (ranked 4.5% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Blessing is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #870 (4.5% percentile) with 25 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Blessing".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Blessing. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 85.4% confident that Blessing is pronounced as BLEH-sihng, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is BLEH-sihng, at 14.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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