Wessie — girls' name

What the Data Says About Wessie

The Social Security Administration has registered 371 babies named Wessie between 1889 and 1956, spanning 68 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Wessie currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1956. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 21 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Wessie performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 127 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Wessie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 19 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Mississippi. In total, SSA state-level files list Wessie in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Wessie 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 371 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.