Girls' name · since 2008
Besan
125 babies named Besan in U.S. Social Security records since 2008, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #24,637 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,653 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 125
- born since 2008
- 2010s
- peak decade
125 babies have been named Besan since 2008, making it today's #10653 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Besan recorded 125 times among girls since 2008, holding rank #10653 nationally today, ahead of 38% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2008 to 2025.
- #24,637 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,653 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 125 born since 2008
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Besan ranks #24,637 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,653 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 125 born since 2008, peaking in the 2010s.
- #24,637 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,653 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 125
- born since 2008
- 2010s
- peak decade
Besan's 125 recorded births place it above 65.84% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Besan compares
125 29th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Besan's all-time total is 67% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Besan | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 125 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 17 | 21 | 19,840 |
Besan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Besan's SSA record in two at 2017 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2022, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2014 peak of 17, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Besan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2025
- Peak year (2014)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Besan by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (78 births, 62% of the file).
2010s was Besan's strongest decade.
78 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Besan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 8
2000s
8 births
- 2010s
2010s
78 births
- 2020s
2020s
39 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 78 births (62% of all-time use).
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What to do with Besan's data
- Besan's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (78 total births) through the 2020s (39) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Besan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2014)
Similar record span (~17 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2008–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Besan draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.