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How popular is the name Blessing?

Births per year, rank history and how many Blessings are alive today.

Blessing (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 1315th in 2025 and given to 24 babies. The name peaked in 2009, when 69 babies were given the name, the 556th most popular that year. It has declined since 2009; the 2025 figure is roughly 35% of its peak.

The Blessing you are most likely to meet is around 17 years old. Half of all Blessings born in England and Wales are between 10 and 21, and there are at least 1,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Blessing - on average, only one in every 315 such rooms contains a Blessing.

How many babies are named Blessing each year?

0204060200020201997: 131998: 111999: 92000: 102001: 132002: 182003: 262004: 422005: 422006: 502007: 452008: 682009: 692010: 472011: 462012: 422013: 382014: 392015: 432016: 452017: 222018: 302019: 432020: 272021: 222022: 242023: 222024: 352025: 24actual

Where does Blessing rank among girls' names?

1101001,0002,000200020201997: ranked 1,3651998: ranked 1,5711999: ranked 1,8052000: ranked 1,6882001: ranked 1,4392002: ranked 1,1512003: ranked 9332004: ranked 6872005: ranked 7182006: ranked 6392007: ranked 7422008: ranked 5572009: ranked 5562010: ranked 7732011: ranked 8042012: ranked 8872013: ranked 9592014: ranked 9402015: ranked 8602016: ranked 8372017: ranked 1,4572018: ranked 1,1362019: ranked 8542020: ranked 1,2002021: ranked 1,4022022: ranked 1,3262023: ranked 1,4102024: ranked 1,0072025: ranked 1,315

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Blessing per year in England and Wales, 1997 to 2025, peaking at about 69 in 2009
Blessing: births per year in England and Wales, 1997-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Blessing most popular?

Blessing peaked in 2009, when 69 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Blessing?

At least 1,000 people named Blessing born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Blessing?

Most living Blessings are between 10 and 21; the most common age is about 17.

Is Blessing becoming more or less popular?

Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 2009 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.






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