Bessy
Rank in 2025
#14942
recorded as girls
Babies in 2025
5
girls 5
Peak year
1923
10 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
334
since 1914
Born a Bessy? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Bessy was most popular in 1923, when 10 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.01 per 1,000). In 2025, 5 babies were named Bessy, ranking #14942 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 42%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | 14942 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 6 | 13477 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 7 | 12243 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 9 | 10292 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 10 | 9546 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 5 | 15539 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 8 | 11427 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 9 | 10689 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 9 | 10866 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 9 | 10955 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 6 | 14582 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 6 | 14962 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 6 | 14959 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 6 | 15242 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 8 | 12579 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 11 | 10129 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 12 | 9286 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 9 | 10921 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 11 | 9264 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 9 | 10425 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 8 | 11108 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 13 | 7724 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 6 | 13154 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 5 | 14411 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1997 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 6 | 11807 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 5 | 13386 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 11 | 7604 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 6 | 11780 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 6 | 11738 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 7 | 10271 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 6 | 11409 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 5 | 12362 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 9 | 7691 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 10 | 6788 | <5 | — |
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| 1983 | 6 | 9015 | <5 | — |
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| 1980 | 6 | 9095 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 5 | 10210 | <5 | — |
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| 1975 | 6 | 7984 | <5 | — |
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| 1973 | 6 | 7435 | <5 | — |
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| 1940 | 5 | 4349 | <5 | — |
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| 1927 | 6 | 4286 | <5 | — |
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| 1924 | 5 | 5061 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 10 | 3125 | <5 | — |
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| 1918 | 5 | 4809 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 5 | 4594 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1915 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 5 | 3618 | <5 | — |
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