Bessie
#236 most common girls' name of all time · #442 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among girls
#236
Rank overall
#442 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
170,877
Since 2016
127
Peak year
1916 #56
Best rank
#9 1889
Girls
Boys
peak 4,132/yr
Bessie 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | — | 16 | #6,838 |
| 2024 | 10 | — | 10 | #9,556 |
| 2023 | 15 | — | 15 | #7,247 |
| 2022 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,032 |
| 2021 | 17 | — | 17 | #6,691 |
| 2020 | 16 | — | 16 | #6,923 |
| 2019 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,112 |
| 2018 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,545 |
| 2017 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,776 |
| 2016 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,781 |
| 2015 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,481 |
| 2014 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,517 |
| 2013 | 17 | — | 17 | #7,032 |
| 2012 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,632 |
| 2011 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,182 |
| 2010 | 8 | — | 8 | #12,276 |
| 2009 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,459 |
| 2008 | 15 | — | 15 | #8,109 |
| 2007 | 15 | — | 15 | #8,098 |
| 2006 | 19 | — | 19 | #6,592 |
| 2005 | 15 | — | 15 | #7,500 |
| 2004 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,761 |
| 2003 | 15 | — | 15 | #7,207 |
| 2002 | 28 | — | 28 | #4,381 |
| 2001 | 26 | — | 26 | #4,564 |
| 2000 | 31 | — | 31 | #3,984 |
| 1999 | 21 | — | 21 | #5,039 |
| 1998 | 27 | — | 27 | #4,142 |
| 1997 | 32 | — | 32 | #3,547 |
| 1996 | 30 | — | 30 | #3,632 |
| 1995 | 26 | — | 26 | #3,969 |
| 1994 | 37 | — | 37 | #3,098 |
| 1993 | 24 | — | 24 | #4,258 |
| 1992 | 51 | — | 51 | #2,488 |
| 1991 | 65 | — | 65 | #2,073 |
| 1990 | 73 | — | 73 | #1,905 |
| 1989 | 60 | — | 60 | #2,072 |
| 1988 | 53 | — | 53 | #2,152 |
| 1987 | 59 | — | 59 | #1,918 |
| 1986 | 66 | — | 66 | #1,751 |
| 1985 | 85 | — | 85 | #1,458 |
| 1984 | 68 | — | 68 | #1,616 |
| 1983 | 67 | — | 67 | #1,644 |
| 1982 | 89 | — | 89 | #1,374 |
| 1981 | 103 | — | 103 | #1,253 |
| 1980 | 99 | — | 99 | #1,286 |
| 1979 | 102 | — | 102 | #1,251 |
| 1978 | 91 | — | 91 | #1,314 |
| 1977 | 92 | — | 92 | #1,283 |
| 1976 | 106 | — | 106 | #1,122 |
| 1975 | 131 | — | 131 | #957 |
| 1974 | 116 | — | 116 | #1,033 |
| 1973 | 120 | — | 120 | #990 |
| 1972 | 149 | — | 149 | #863 |
| 1971 | 140 | — | 140 | #927 |
| 1970 | 160 | — | 160 | #844 |
| 1969 | 156 | — | 156 | #823 |
| 1968 | 159 | — | 159 | #794 |
| 1967 | 186 | — | 186 | #716 |
| 1966 | 202 | — | 202 | #686 |
| 1965 | 273 | — | 273 | #579 |
| 1964 | 290 | — | 290 | #581 |
| 1963 | 293 | — | 293 | #574 |
| 1962 | 330 | — | 330 | #536 |
| 1961 | 318 | — | 318 | #557 |
| 1960 | 385 | — | 385 | #493 |
| 1959 | 396 | — | 396 | #486 |
| 1958 | 443 | — | 443 | #451 |
| 1957 | 465 | — | 465 | #434 |
| 1956 | 518 | 5 | 523 | #396 |
| 1955 | 533 | — | 533 | #381 |
| 1954 | 652 | — | 652 | #331 |
| 1953 | 650 | — | 650 | #322 |
| 1952 | 729 | — | 729 | #297 |
| 1951 | 762 | — | 762 | #284 |
| 1950 | 794 | — | 794 | #270 |
| 1949 | 946 | 7 | 953 | #241 |
| 1948 | 998 | 5 | 1,003 | #236 |
| 1947 | 1,012 | — | 1,012 | #233 |
| 1946 | 1,022 | 5 | 1,027 | #225 |
| 1945 | 1,075 | — | 1,075 | #190 |
| 1944 | 1,122 | — | 1,122 | #189 |
| 1943 | 1,148 | — | 1,148 | #190 |
| 1942 | 1,266 | 6 | 1,272 | #176 |
| 1941 | 1,176 | 10 | 1,186 | #173 |
| 1940 | 1,297 | 6 | 1,303 | #162 |
| 1939 | 1,361 | 11 | 1,372 | #158 |
| 1938 | 1,419 | 16 | 1,435 | #155 |
| 1937 | 1,550 | 9 | 1,559 | #143 |
| 1936 | 1,645 | 12 | 1,657 | #136 |
| 1935 | 1,756 | 20 | 1,776 | #129 |
| 1934 | 1,832 | 12 | 1,844 | #128 |
| 1933 | 1,881 | 17 | 1,898 | #117 |
| 1932 | 2,093 | 10 | 2,103 | #117 |
| 1931 | 2,116 | 17 | 2,133 | #113 |
| 1930 | 2,382 | 23 | 2,405 | #108 |
| 1929 | 2,380 | 20 | 2,400 | #107 |
| 1928 | 2,661 | 27 | 2,688 | #101 |
| 1927 | 2,975 | 16 | 2,991 | #88 |
| 1926 | 3,054 | 26 | 3,080 | #89 |
| 1925 | 3,266 | 14 | 3,280 | #87 |
| 1924 | 3,404 | 21 | 3,425 | #86 |
| 1923 | 3,387 | 14 | 3,401 | #81 |
| 1922 | 3,447 | 25 | 3,472 | #81 |
| 1921 | 3,678 | 12 | 3,690 | #75 |
| 1920 | 3,906 | 14 | 3,920 | #71 |
| 1919 | 4,106 | 12 | 4,118 | #59 |
| 1918 | 4,101 | 16 | 4,117 | #61 |
| 1917 | 3,927 | 16 | 3,943 | #61 |
| 1916 | 4,122 | 10 | 4,132 | #56 |
| 1915 | 3,888 | 15 | 3,903 | #57 |
| 1914 | 3,260 | 12 | 3,272 | #55 |
| 1913 | 2,952 | 14 | 2,966 | #47 |
| 1912 | 2,832 | 16 | 2,848 | #43 |
| 1911 | 2,279 | 9 | 2,288 | #40 |
| 1910 | 2,392 | 12 | 2,404 | #37 |
| 1909 | 2,276 | 12 | 2,288 | #35 |
| 1908 | 2,201 | 5 | 2,206 | #34 |
| 1907 | 2,311 | 11 | 2,322 | #30 |
| 1906 | 2,396 | 7 | 2,403 | #21 |
| 1905 | 2,446 | 9 | 2,455 | #20 |
| 1904 | 2,340 | 5 | 2,345 | #21 |
| 1903 | 2,339 | 15 | 2,354 | #21 |
| 1902 | 2,448 | 7 | 2,455 | #19 |
| 1901 | 2,183 | 11 | 2,194 | #21 |
| 1900 | 3,044 | 11 | 3,055 | #15 |
| 1899 | 2,280 | — | 2,280 | #19 |
| 1898 | 2,647 | 6 | 2,653 | #16 |
| 1897 | 2,407 | 6 | 2,413 | #17 |
| 1896 | 2,435 | 12 | 2,447 | #18 |
| 1895 | 2,542 | 7 | 2,549 | #15 |
| 1894 | 2,520 | 15 | 2,535 | #13 |
| 1893 | 2,352 | 8 | 2,360 | #15 |
| 1892 | 2,541 | 12 | 2,553 | #13 |
| 1891 | 2,323 | 8 | 2,331 | #12 |
| 1890 | 2,370 | — | 2,370 | #11 |
| 1889 | 2,343 | 7 | 2,350 | #9 |
| 1888 | 2,278 | 12 | 2,290 | #10 |
| 1887 | 1,838 | 5 | 1,843 | #13 |
| 1886 | 1,791 | 5 | 1,796 | #12 |
| 1885 | 1,588 | 7 | 1,595 | #13 |
| 1884 | 1,451 | 5 | 1,456 | #15 |
| 1883 | 1,241 | — | 1,241 | #18 |
| 1882 | 1,144 | 9 | 1,153 | #18 |
| 1881 | 903 | 8 | 911 | #22 |
| 1880 | 796 | — | 796 | #23 |