Besse
#9,136 most common girls' name of all time · #15,253 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1880–1926
Rank among girls
#9,136
Rank overall
#15,253 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
43 of 146
All-time
671
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1889 #392
Best rank
#392 1889
Girls
Boys
peak 39/yr
Besse is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1926 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,564 |
| 1925 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,973 |
| 1924 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,004 |
| 1923 | 11 | — | 11 | #2,917 |
| 1922 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,480 |
| 1921 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,510 |
| 1920 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,957 |
| 1919 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,814 |
| 1918 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,377 |
| 1917 | 15 | — | 15 | #2,204 |
| 1916 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,368 |
| 1915 | 9 | — | 9 | #2,900 |
| 1914 | 6 | — | 6 | #3,188 |
| 1913 | 16 | — | 16 | #1,469 |
| 1909 | 11 | — | 11 | #1,292 |
| 1908 | 9 | — | 9 | #1,440 |
| 1906 | 12 | — | 12 | #1,103 |
| 1905 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,932 |
| 1904 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,661 |
| 1903 | 13 | — | 13 | #973 |
| 1902 | 19 | — | 19 | #801 |
| 1901 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,343 |
| 1900 | 20 | — | 20 | #836 |
| 1899 | 14 | — | 14 | #882 |
| 1898 | 13 | — | 13 | #964 |
| 1897 | 19 | — | 19 | #717 |
| 1896 | 12 | — | 12 | #951 |
| 1895 | 31 | — | 31 | #534 |
| 1894 | 15 | — | 15 | #784 |
| 1893 | 24 | — | 24 | #581 |
| 1892 | 22 | — | 22 | #600 |
| 1891 | 24 | — | 24 | #531 |
| 1890 | 37 | — | 37 | #423 |
| 1889 | 39 | — | 39 | #392 |
| 1888 | 35 | — | 35 | #421 |
| 1887 | 25 | — | 25 | #456 |
| 1886 | 20 | — | 20 | #501 |
| 1885 | 23 | — | 23 | #443 |
| 1884 | 26 | — | 26 | #396 |
| 1883 | 16 | — | 16 | #491 |
| 1882 | 12 | — | 12 | #543 |
| 1881 | 8 | — | 8 | #634 |
| 1880 | 10 | — | 10 | #549 |