Hessie — girls' name

What the Data Says About Hessie

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,118 babies named Hessie between 1880 and 1959, spanning 80 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Hessie currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1959. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 44 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hessie performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 253 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Hessie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 105 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by South Carolina and Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Hessie in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hessie 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 1,118 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.