Bless**
#5,451 most common boys' name of all time · #13,539 across all names · 61% male / 39% female · used 1987–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#5,451
Rank overall
#13,539 of 105,966
First appeared
1987
Years on the list
29 of 146
All-time
811
Since 2016
457
Peak year
2018 #2,921
Best rank
#2,921 2018
Girls
Boys
peak 60/yr
Bless first appears in 1987. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | 14 | 23 | #6,272 |
| 2024 | 12 | 35 | 47 | #3,371 |
| 2023 | 21 | 32 | 53 | #3,601 |
| 2022 | 15 | 41 | 56 | #3,037 |
| 2021 | 14 | 36 | 50 | #3,276 |
| 2020 | 13 | 30 | 43 | #3,613 |
| 2019 | 16 | 36 | 52 | #3,238 |
| 2018 | 19 | 41 | 60 | #2,921 |
| 2017 | 17 | 23 | 40 | #4,396 |
| 2016 | 16 | 17 | 33 | #5,450 |
| 2015 | 14 | 29 | 43 | #3,737 |
| 2014 | 11 | 16 | 27 | #5,618 |
| 2013 | 9 | 22 | 31 | #4,391 |
| 2012 | 6 | 14 | 20 | #6,137 |
| 2011 | 18 | 9 | 27 | #8,359 |
| 2010 | 9 | 13 | 22 | #6,538 |
| 2009 | 9 | 17 | 26 | #5,462 |
| 2008 | 9 | 10 | 19 | #8,002 |
| 2007 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,877 |
| 2006 | 8 | 8 | 16 | #9,124 |
| 2005 | 11 | 8 | 19 | #8,726 |
| 2004 | 7 | 6 | 13 | #10,573 |
| 2003 | 9 | — | 9 | — |
| 2002 | 11 | 6 | 17 | #9,958 |
| 2001 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,288 |
| 2000 | 12 | 8 | 20 | #7,860 |
| 1999 | 14 | — | 14 | — |
| 1991 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1987 | 5 | — | 5 | — |