Bess
Rank in 2025
#14942
recorded as girls
No rank in 2024 to compare: —
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recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
5
girls 5
Peak year
1887
155 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
7,176
since 1880
Born a Bess? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Bess was most popular in 1887, when 155 babies recorded as girls got the name (1.1 per 1,000). In 2025, 5 babies were named Bess, ranking #14942 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 59%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | 14942 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2023 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 6 | 13592 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 8 | 11090 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 5 | 15539 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 7 | 12464 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 6 | 14331 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 6 | 14482 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 8 | 11931 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 7 | 13150 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 6 | 14962 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 7 | 13347 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 7 | 13448 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 8 | 12429 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 7 | 13832 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 8 | 12676 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 6 | 15152 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 18 | 6528 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 5 | 16099 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 12 | 8505 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 14 | 7444 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 10 | 9351 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 9 | 9874 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 11 | 8223 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 8 | 10122 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 14 | 6483 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 14 | 6392 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 11 | 7514 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 11 | 7604 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 14 | 6264 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 16 | 5718 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 12 | 6976 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 16 | 5549 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 20 | 4522 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 28 | 3393 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 29 | 3169 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 29 | 3135 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 27 | 3246 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 38 | 2470 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 27 | 3065 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 29 | 3017 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 38 | 2488 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 28 | 3069 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 25 | 3236 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 33 | 2572 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 26 | 3002 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 22 | 3188 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 11 | 5161 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 14 | 4227 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 20 | 3233 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 15 | 3894 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 18 | 3508 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 19 | 3311 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 20 | 3012 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 8 | 5147 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 15 | 3340 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 19 | 2839 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 19 | 2833 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 19 | 2915 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 26 | 2364 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 34 | 1989 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 33 | 2036 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 26 | 2307 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 26 | 2234 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 34 | 1872 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 28 | 2067 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 28 | 2058 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 23 | 2280 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 34 | 1769 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 23 | 2173 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 30 | 1820 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 16 | 2577 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 15 | 2652 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 20 | 2212 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 35 | 1576 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 21 | 2146 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 24 | 1860 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 21 | 1825 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 25 | 1661 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 32 | 1467 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 32 | 1438 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 31 | 1384 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 29 | 1404 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 27 | 1424 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 23 | 1596 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 18 | 1845 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 20 | 1691 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 17 | 1917 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 26 | 1440 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 28 | 1364 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 29 | 1382 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 27 | 1421 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 36 | 1251 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 33 | 1306 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 33 | 1338 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 58 | 1000 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 55 | 1004 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 64 | 932 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 81 | 829 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 81 | 811 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 74 | 852 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 84 | 797 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 82 | 797 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 99 | 704 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 103 | 711 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 103 | 670 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 131 | 586 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 122 | 589 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 93 | 590 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 119 | 457 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 125 | 414 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 93 | 421 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 88 | 421 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 95 | 381 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 91 | 375 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 103 | 343 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 101 | 332 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 87 | 362 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 96 | 336 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 112 | 293 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 104 | 309 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 107 | 289 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 134 | 280 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 123 | 255 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 151 | 239 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 137 | 243 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 151 | 224 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 150 | 224 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 177 | 197 | 5 | 1074 |
| 1893 | 169 | 197 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 177 | 190 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 137 | 199 | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 154 | 190 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 182 | 164 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 164 | 176 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 155 | 157 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 128 | 180 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | 97 | 191 | <5 | — |
| 1884 | 105 | 170 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 94 | 170 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 76 | 180 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 52 | 208 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 46 | 227 | <5 | — |
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Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years