Besse — girls' name

What the Data Says About Besse

The Social Security Administration has registered 671 babies named Besse between 1880 and 1926, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Besse currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1926. The name reached its historical peak in 1889, when 39 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Besse performed strongest in the 1880s, accumulating 214 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Besse shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Besse in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 671 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.