Blessen — #16216 US girls' name
185 babies named Blessen in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 8% of names given to girls today.
54% of everyone ever named Blessen was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Blessen in 2019 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Blessen
The Social Security Administration has registered 185 babies named Blessen between 2000 and 2024, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Blessen currently holds the #16216 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Blessen performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 99 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Blessen shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Blessen in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 185 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Blessen at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Blessen popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2000
- Peak year (2019)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
Currently ranks #16216 among girls.
185 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2019 with 17 births in a single year.
Blessen popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 2023 (Blessen as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Blessen accounts for 3% of total recorded use across both genders.
Blessen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 99 births that decade — 54% of Blessen's all-time total
Blessen decade highlights
- Peak decade 99 births
- Runner-up 44 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Blessen's strongest decade
99 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 54% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2000–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.