Bessy
#13,940 most common girls' name of all time · #23,056 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1914–2025
Rank among girls
#13,940
Rank overall
#23,056 of 105,966
First appeared
1914
Years on the list
46 of 146
All-time
334
Since 2016
59
Peak year
2001 #7,776
Best rank
#3,298 1923
Girls
Boys
peak 13/yr
Bessy first appears in 1914. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,074 |
| 2024 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,609 |
| 2022 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,332 |
| 2021 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,368 |
| 2020 | 10 | — | 10 | #9,625 |
| 2019 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,698 |
| 2018 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,502 |
| 2017 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,777 |
| 2015 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,948 |
| 2014 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,025 |
| 2013 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,697 |
| 2012 | 6 | — | 6 | #15,115 |
| 2010 | 6 | — | 6 | #15,092 |
| 2009 | 6 | — | 6 | #15,372 |
| 2008 | 8 | — | 8 | #12,668 |
| 2007 | 11 | — | 11 | #10,191 |
| 2006 | 12 | — | 12 | #9,340 |
| 2005 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,004 |
| 2004 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,328 |
| 2003 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,498 |
| 2002 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,185 |
| 2001 | 13 | — | 13 | #7,776 |
| 2000 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,287 |
| 1999 | 5 | — | 5 | #14,570 |
| 1996 | 6 | — | 6 | #11,948 |
| 1995 | 5 | — | 5 | #13,587 |
| 1994 | 11 | — | 11 | #7,662 |
| 1993 | 6 | — | 6 | #11,916 |
| 1992 | 6 | — | 6 | #11,869 |
| 1991 | 7 | — | 7 | #10,400 |
| 1990 | 6 | — | 6 | #11,538 |
| 1989 | 5 | — | 5 | #12,556 |
| 1988 | 9 | — | 9 | #7,789 |
| 1987 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,874 |
| 1983 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,165 |
| 1980 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,253 |
| 1979 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,415 |
| 1975 | 6 | — | 6 | #8,152 |
| 1973 | 6 | — | 6 | #7,574 |
| 1940 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,656 |
| 1927 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,547 |
| 1924 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,413 |
| 1923 | 10 | — | 10 | #3,298 |
| 1918 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,141 |
| 1917 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,945 |
| 1914 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,019 |