Besse
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as girls
Babies in 2025
Fewer than 5
Peak year
1889
39 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
671
since 1880
Born a Besse? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Besse was most popular in 1889, when 39 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.22 per 1,000). Fewer than 5 babies were recorded as Besse in 2025. Not recorded since 1926.
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| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2024 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2023 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2022 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2021 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2020 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2019 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2018 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2017 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2016 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2015 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2014 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2013 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2012 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2011 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2010 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
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| 1960 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1959 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
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| 1930 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1929 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1928 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1927 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 8 | 3564 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 5 | 4973 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 7 | 4002 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 11 | 2917 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 14 | 2479 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 14 | 2509 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 7 | 3957 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 5 | 4814 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 14 | 2376 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 15 | 2204 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 13 | 2368 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 9 | 2900 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 6 | 3188 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 16 | 1465 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1911 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1910 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 11 | 1290 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 9 | 1439 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 12 | 1101 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 5 | 1931 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 6 | 1659 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 13 | 969 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 19 | 797 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 7 | 1339 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 20 | 833 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 14 | 878 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 13 | 963 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 19 | 715 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 12 | 950 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 31 | 530 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 15 | 782 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 24 | 571 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 22 | 590 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 24 | 524 | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 37 | 412 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 39 | 388 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 35 | 420 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 25 | 446 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 20 | 491 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | 23 | 438 | <5 | — |
| 1884 | 26 | 391 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 16 | 480 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 12 | 530 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 8 | 623 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 10 | 547 | <5 | — |
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