Blossom

What Blossom means

From the word “blossom”

From blossom.

Source: Wiktionary, “Blossom” (revision 83832648), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Blossom?

US: Rising: up from #3705 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #478 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 171 girls got the name (#1299 that year). First in the US records in 1882.

How common

• About 1 in 9,399 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 2,043 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,627 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in SC (0.27 per 1,000 girls), GA (0.2 per 1,000 girls), PA (0.19 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Blossom is #1299 in the US and #346 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Blossom were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

If you like Blossom

Girls

• Ruth#173Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1920, with 26,102 babies; 1,781 in 2025
• Margot#102Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #592 in 2015, #102 in 2025
• Rosemary#251“dew of the sea”^*
• Wrenley#158Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #158 vs #1,454 in 2025
• Rosie#283Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #775 in 2015, #283 in 2025
• Cecilia#108possibly “blind”^*

For a brother

• Leon#138“lion”^*
• Stetson#136“site in the Parish of South Brent”^*
• Theodore#4Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #99 in 2015, #4 in 2025
• Beau#60Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #203 in 2015, #60 in 2025
• Lorenzo#117Editor’s note Up from #216 in 2015 to #117 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 560 US boys in the 2025 records
• Harvey#251“iron + blazing”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Blossom’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.