Blessing
Blessing is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Meaning & Origin of Blessing
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Blessing is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
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The Story of Blessing
As a girl name
Blessing first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1975, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2019, when 291 Blessings were born — ranking #909 that year. As of 2026, Blessing ranks #1,081 for girls with 227 births, holding steady (-5%). In total, more than 5K Blessings have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
As a boy name
Blessing first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 2000, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2026, when 64 Blessings were born — ranking #2,255 that year. As of 2026, Blessing ranks #2,255 for boys with 64 births, rising sharply (+82% over the past five years). In total, more than 608 Blessings have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 2000s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Names that sound like Blessing
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About the name Blessing
Blessing is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1975 and has accumulated 5K births in the dataset. Blessing's peak popularity came in 2019 when it ranked #909. Use the chart and map above to compare Blessing's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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