Bessie in California
Babies in California
1,399
since 1910
Rank in California · 2025
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recorded as girls
Peak year in California
1911
Babies per 1,000 (same sex) in California, 1910–2025
Recorded as girls
US overall
Yearly share of babies named Bessie in California from 1910 to 2025, compared with the national share (dashed line).
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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 | — |
| 2009 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2008 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2007 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2006 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2005 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2004 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2003 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2002 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2001 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2000 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1999 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1998 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1997 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1996 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1995 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1994 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1993 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1992 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1991 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 9 | 2,176 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 8 | 2,166 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 6 | 2,514 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 10 | 1,690 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 6 | 2,281 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 12 | 1,434 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 7 | 1,945 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 10 | 1,508 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 7 | 1,850 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 7 | 1,813 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 9 | 1,517 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 8 | 1,555 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 8 | 1,513 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 10 | 1,278 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 7 | 1,502 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 5 | 1,793 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 5 | 1,778 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 11 | 1,177 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 6 | 1,648 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 9 | 1,230 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 7 | 1,356 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 8 | 1,266 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 10 | 1,075 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 9 | 1,176 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 11 | 1,036 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 5 | 1,581 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 11 | 1,013 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 11 | 999 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 6 | 1,338 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 18 | 719 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 12 | 881 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 12 | 846 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 8 | 1,003 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 12 | 765 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 12 | 757 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 6 | 1,081 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 6 | 1,034 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 11 | 708 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 21 | 477 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 12 | 650 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 11 | 673 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 15 | 534 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 9 | 652 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 15 | 469 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 11 | 563 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 27 | 309 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 13 | 419 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 13 | 400 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 15 | 351 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 19 | 312 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 15 | 325 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 11 | 369 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 20 | 254 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 13 | 325 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 20 | 248 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 21 | 248 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 30 | 210 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 35 | 191 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 27 | 220 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 33 | 207 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 32 | 198 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 44 | 168 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 39 | 180 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 47 | 158 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 54 | 137 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 41 | 152 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 56 | 125 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 49 | 123 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 36 | 136 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 50 | 112 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 37 | 134 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 29 | 149 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 35 | 123 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 24 | 130 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 21 | 130 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 23 | 109 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 25 | 70 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 16 | 99 | <5 | — |