Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Blessing*

#2,517 most common girls' name of all time · #4,281 across all names · 11% male / 89% female · used 1975–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among girls
#2,517
Rank overall
#4,281 of 105,966
First appeared
1975
Years on the list
46 of 146
All-time
4,872
Since 2016
2,633
Peak year
2019 #909
Best rank
#909 2019
Girls Boys peak 325/yr
198020002020

Blessing first appears in 1975. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 184 45 229 #1,227
2024 221 59 280 #1,110
2023 273 46 319 #955
2022 200 39 239 #1,214
2021 237 27 264 #1,064
2020 241 27 268 #1,045
2019 291 34 325 #909
2018 216 27 243 #1,133
2017 217 32 249 #1,146
2016 192 25 217 #1,269
2015 185 27 212 #1,300
2014 181 15 196 #1,310
2013 144 14 158 #1,527
2012 145 11 156 #1,528
2011 112 12 124 #1,809
2010 109 11 120 #1,867
2009 111 14 125 #1,895
2008 109 6 115 #1,940
2007 104 9 113 #1,982
2006 92 12 104 #2,119
2005 84 10 94 #2,196
2004 103 10 113 #1,850
2003 65 6 71 #2,509
2002 64 — 64 #2,488
2001 69 6 75 #2,326
2000 62 5 67 #2,469
1999 40 — 40 #3,224
1998 40 — 40 #3,151
1997 29 — 29 #3,864
1996 22 — 22 #4,676
1995 22 — 22 #4,621
1994 27 — 27 #3,978
1993 22 — 22 #4,628
1992 15 — 15 #6,194
1991 26 — 26 #4,028
1990 14 — 14 #6,357
1989 14 — 14 #6,068
1988 5 — 5 #12,776
1987 10 — 10 #7,181
1986 6 — 6 #10,348
1984 6 — 6 #9,929
1983 7 — 7 #8,726
1982 8 — 8 #8,032
1981 6 — 6 #9,977
1979 8 — 8 #7,926
1975 5 — 5 #10,262