Bless Boy & girl
How popular is Bless?
#6,140 boy name in 2025
14 baby boys were named Bless in the US in 2025, making it the 6140th most popular boy name. Another 9 girls got the name (#10,104 for girls).
Bless popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #6,140 for boys (▼ 2807 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 14 boys, 9 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-52% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,683 in 2015, #3,568 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2018 (41 boys) |
| Highest rank | #2,892 in 2018 |
| First recorded | 2000 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 67% boys, 33% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Bless counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Blaze family of names ranked #455 for boys in 2025 (#458 the year before), with 664 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Blaze | 326 | 49% |
| Blaise | 213 | 32% |
| Blaize | 57 | 9% |
| Blayze | 36 | 5% |
| Bless | 14 | 2% |
| Blas | 13 | 2% |
| Blass | 5 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Bless is most popular
Babies named Bless per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Bless by decade
Boy names about as popular as Bless
Questions
- Is Bless a boy or girl name?
- Bless is used for both. Over the last 10 years, 67% of babies named Bless were boys and 33% were girls.
- How popular is the name Bless?
- 14 baby boys were named Bless in the US in 2025, making it the 6140th most popular boy name. Another 9 girls got the name (#10,104 for girls).
- When was Bless most popular?
- Bless peaked in 2018, when 41 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,892 in 2018.
- How many people are named Bless?
- 811 babies have been named Bless in the US since 1880. We estimate about 806 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 9.
- Where is Bless most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Bless was most common in New York, at 0.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.