Unisex name · since 1993
Blessed
260 babies named Blessed in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,203 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,378 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 260
- born since 1993
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Blessed is the #12378 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 260 recorded since 1993.
Blessed has 260 recorded births among girls since 1993, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12378 as of the latest data, more common than 28% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1993 to 2025.
- #17,203 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,378 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 260 born since 1993
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Blessed ranks #17,203 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,378 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 260 born since 1993, peaking in the 2010s.
- #17,203 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,378 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 260
- born since 1993
- 2010s
- peak decade
Blessed's 260 recorded births place it above 76.15% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Blessed compares
260 42nd percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Blessed's all-time total is 31% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Blessed | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 260 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 21 | 19,840 |
Blessed's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Blessed's SSA record in two at 2012 and the more recent half accounts for 59% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 41%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1999, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2015 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Blessed popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2025
- Peak year (2015)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Blessed popularity over time - boys
209 total births recorded since 2001 (Blessed as boys' name)
Blessed by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (103 births, 40% of the file).
2010s was Blessed's strongest decade.
103 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Blessed births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 20
1990s
20 births
- 2000s
2000s
73 births
- 2010s
2010s
103 births
- 2020s
2020s
64 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 103 births (40% of all-time use).
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What to do with Blessed's data
- Blessed's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (103 total births) through the 2020s (64) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Blessed: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
Similar record span (~32 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1993–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Blessed draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.