Girls' name · since 1882
Blossom
3,422 babies named Blossom in U.S. Social Security records since 1882, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #3,306 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,302 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,422
- born since 1882
- 1920s
- peak decade
3,422 babies have been named Blossom since 1882, making it today's #1302 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Blossom has been recorded 3,422 times among girls since 1882, currently ranked #1302 nationally and more common than 92% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1882 to 2025.
- #3,306 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,302 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 3,422 born since 1882
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Blossom ranks #3,306 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,302 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 3,422 born since 1882, peaking in the 1920s.
- #3,306 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,302 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,422
- born since 1882
- 1920s
- peak decade
Blossom's 3,422 recorded births place it above 95.42% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
16 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Blossom compares
3,422 Top 17% higher than 83% of 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
Blossom's all-time total is 9x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Blossom | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 3,422 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 171 | 21 | 19,840 |
Blossom's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Blossom splits its recorded history at 1957: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1882 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 171 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Blossom popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1882–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 171
- Annual births at peak, across 144 years of records
Blossom by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (743 births, 22% of the file).
1920s was Blossom's strongest decade.
743 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 22% of all-time use.
Blossom births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 12
1880s
12 births
- 1890s 69
1890s
69 births
- 1900s 113
1900s
113 births
- 1910s 292
1910s
292 births
- 1920s
1920s
743 births
- 1930s 286
1930s
286 births
- 1940s 134
1940s
134 births
- 1950s 132
1950s
132 births
- 1960s 87
1960s
87 births
- 1970s 147
1970s
147 births
- 1980s 105
1980s
105 births
- 1990s 172
1990s
172 births
- 2000s 167
2000s
167 births
- 2010s
2010s
382 births
- 2020s
2020s
581 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 743 births (22% of all-time use).
How Blossom compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Blossom's total volume
Blossom by state
Where Blossom concentrates geographically, total births since 1882
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 531 | 15.5% |
| #2 | California | | 212 | 6.2% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 106 | 3.1% |
| #4 | Texas | | 79 | 2.3% |
| #5 | Hawaii | | 67 | 2.0% |
| #6 | Florida | | 57 | 1.7% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 26 | 0.8% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 19 | 0.6% |
531 of 3,422 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 16 reporting states.
Blossom appears in 16 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Blossom's data
- Blossom's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (743 total births) through the 2020s (581) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Blossoms (531 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Blossom
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Blossom: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~143 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, 1882–2025 (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 Blossom 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.