Blessing
8
Babies in 2024
0%
10-year change
2006
Peak · 20
0%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Blessing
Blessing peaked among UK boys' names in the late 2000s (20 babies in 2006) and has remained in active use — 8 boys were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Blessing reached its peak in 2006, when 20 boys were registered in England & Wales — ranked #1,084 for UK boys that year. Today's count of 8 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 24 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 222 boys have been officially registered with the name Blessing in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 60 boys were registered with the name, starting from 8 in 2014 and ending at 8 in 2024.