Girls' name · since 1914
Bessy
Bessy has 334 recorded births since 1914 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2001 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,031 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,049 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 334
- born since 1914
- 2000s
- peak decade
Bessy currently ranks #15049 among girls' names in America, with 334 babies recorded since 1914.
Bessy has 334 recorded births among girls since 1914, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15049 as of the latest data, more common than 13% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 2025.
- #15,031 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,049 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 334 born since 1914
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bessy ranks #15,031 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,049 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 334 born since 1914, peaking in the 2000s.
- #15,031 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,049 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 334
- born since 1914
- 2000s
- peak decade
Bessy's 334 recorded births place it above 79.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Bessy compares
334 47th 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
Bessy's all-time total is 11% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Bessy | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 334 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 21 | 19,840 |
Bessy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Bessy's full recorded timeline at 2000, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1914, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2001 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Bessy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–2025
- Peak year (2001)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 112 years of records
Bessy by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (93 births, 28% of the file).
2000s was Bessy's strongest decade.
93 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Bessy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 15
1910s
15 births
- 1920s 21
1920s
21 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1970s 17
1970s
17 births
- 1980s 36
1980s
36 births
- 1990s
1990s
52 births
- 2000s
2000s
93 births
- 2010s
2010s
58 births
- 2020s 37
2020s
37 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 93 births (28% of all-time use).
Bessy by state
Where Bessy concentrates geographically, total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 19 | 5.7% |
19 of 334 births nationwide.
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What to do with Bessy's data
- Bessy's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (93 total births) through the 2020s (37) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Bessys (19 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Bessy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2001)
Similar record span (~111 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, 1914–2025 (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 Bessy 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.