Name profile

Blossom

This name comes from the English word blossom, ultimately from Old English blóstm.

PronunciationAmerican English /ˈblɑs.əm/; British English /ˈblɒs.əm/
Usage languagesEnglish
US rank (2025)#1,299

Meaning and history

Blossom is a name derived from the English word blossom, ultimately from Old English blóstm, and it came into use as a rare given name in the 19th century.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 16 births, rank #7,482
2007: 20 births, rank #6,552
2008: 19 births, rank #6,799
2009: 10 births, rank #10,679
2010: 24 births, rank #5,602
20112011: 17 births, rank #7,118
2012: 36 births, rank #4,121
2013: 34 births, rank #4,243
2014: 36 births, rank #4,103
2015: 41 births, rank #3,705
20162016: 40 births, rank #3,777
2017: 38 births, rank #3,919
2018: 50 births, rank #3,201
2019: 66 births, rank #2,632
2020: 65 births, rank #2,597
20212021: 71 births, rank #2,484
2022: 79 births, rank #2,346
2023: 93 births, rank #2,076
2024: 102 births, rank #1,942
20252025: 171 births, rank #1,299

Blossom moved from #965 to #976 for girls between 1927 and 1931. Its highest annual birth count came in 1925, with 102 births.