Bessy — #13528 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Bessy

The Social Security Administration has registered 329 babies named Bessy between 1914 and 2024, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Bessy currently holds the #13528 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bessy performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 93 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Bessy shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 19 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Bessy in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bessy 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 329 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.