Is Bless a boy or girl name?

Bless is a unisex name. Of the 811 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 39.3% were girls and 60.7% were boys. It changed hands in 2013, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Bless

Recorded 1987–2025 · United States

Bless was most popular in 2018, when 60 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,933 that year. In 2025 it ranked #9,389, with 23 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 811 people named Bless.

Bless over time

Births per year. The dot marks Bless’s peak in 2018. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Bless a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Bless is a unisex name — 39.3% of the 811 Americans given it were girls and 60.7% were boys. It changed hands: since 2013 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 33% girls and 67% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org