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Blossom

Blossom: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“flower, bloom”
Origin
English
Say it
BLAH-sum · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls

Blossom is an English word name taken directly from the vocabulary term for flowers in bloom. It belongs to the tradition of English nature names.

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How popular is Blossom?

202430.0 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Blossom in 2024101

2024 rank#1,950 girls

Peak year1909

Total US babies since 18803,248

Blossom is rising: use over the last five years is 3.0× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Blossom

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Oliviaolive tree · English
  • Evelyndesired; little bird · English
  • Harperharp player · English
  • Violetviolet flower · English
  • Hazelhazel tree · English
  • Ellieshort form of names ending in -el or -ella · English
  • Lilylily flower · English
  • Scarlettscarlet, bright red · English

Blossom questions

What does the name Blossom mean?

Blossom means "flower, bloom". It comes from English. Blossom is an English word name taken directly from the vocabulary term for flowers in bloom. It belongs to the tradition of English nature names.

Is Blossom a boy or girl name?

Blossom is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Blossom?

101 US babies were named Blossom in 2024. Its peak year was 1909.

How do you pronounce Blossom?

Blossom is usually pronounced BLAH-sum.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.