Blossom
Feminine · Old English roots · “blossom”
Blossom is one of the oldest words in English put to work as a name: blōstma was already on the page in Anglo-Saxon manuscripts long before anyone thought to give it to a daughter. It arrived as a given name with the Victorian wave of flower names, beside Rose, Violet and Lily, and has never quite left the records since. Two soft syllables, no spelling puzzle, and a meaning that needs no footnote.
How old is the name Blossom?
Blossom first appears in US birth records in 1882 — 143 years ago. The typical Blossom alive today was born around 1961, making them about 64 years old. About 1,900 people named Blossom are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Blossom most popular?
Blossom peaked in 1925, reaching #727 nationally. Today it ranks #1299, 572 places below that high. See the whole 1925 chart.
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Where it comes from
From blōstma (Old English) to Blossom
The story of Blossom
The word comes down from Old English blōstma, used for the flower of a fruit tree, and it kept that sense through Middle English into the language we speak now. It became a personal name in the nineteenth century, when English-speaking parents began taking flower and plant words directly as girls' names — Rose, Violet, Lily, Ivy, Daisy — and Blossom went to America with that fashion. It has stayed on the US records ever since, thin but unbroken, dipping when floral names fell out of favor and lifting again as they returned. The 1990s sitcom Blossom, whose title character was Blossom Russo, and the Powerpuff Girls character Blossom both kept the name in circulation for later generations.
Meaning
blossom, flower, bloom
From Old English blōstma, 'flower' — the same root family as Latin flos and English bloom.
How the name formed
- blōstmaOld English
- blossomEnglish word
- Blossom
Pronouncing Blossom
BLOSS-um
Stress on the first syllable, exactly like the ordinary English word. No regional variation to speak of, and nobody has to ask twice.
Nicknames for Blossom
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1882
- Most girls named
- 2025171 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #727reached in 1925
- Change vs 2022
- +116.5%171 in 2025, from 79
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Blossom in other languages
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Florida.
Blossoms among us
people named Blossom are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 9,399 born in 2025 was named Blossom
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Lala test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Blossom's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Lala climbed just as high around 1900, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Lala's path sketches the road Blossom is walking now.
Blossom is on its second act. Revived names age gently: the generation that wore them first is far enough away that the name feels classic rather than dated.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Blossom is headed
Blossom looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 23% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Blossom beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Blossom in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Everyone can already spell it — it is a common English word, so there is nothing to dictate letter by letter.
- Reads correctly on sight in English, with the stress in the only place it could be.
- Its meaning is plain and needs no explanation in any English-speaking room.
- On the US records continuously since the Victorian flower-name era, so it has a long paper trail rather than a brand-new one.
- Belongs to a recognized family of names — Rose, Violet, Lily, Ivy — which gives it context without matching a schoolyard full of them.
- It is still an everyday word, so it will sometimes be heard as one: spring gardens, fruit trees, and the phrase 'in blossom'. Some people will ask whether it is her legal name.
- Blossom is a traditional name for cows and household pets in Britain and America, and a few adults will make that connection out loud before they think better of it.
- Short forms are limited — Bloss and Blossy do most of the work — so a child who wants a plainer everyday name has fewer places to go.
- She is unlikely to meet another, which suits some children well and makes others wish for cover. It is worth picturing both.
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Frequently asked
- How many Blossoms are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,900 people named Blossom are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Blossom in 2025?
- Blossom ranks #1299 among US girl names in 2025, with 171 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Blossom?
- About 1 in every 9,399 US girls born in 2025 was named Blossom — 171 in all.
- Will my child share the name Blossom with classmates?
- Blossom will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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