Girls' name · since 1889
Wessie
Wessie has 371 recorded births since 1889 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1918 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,159 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 371
- born since 1889
- 1910s
- peak decade
Wessie sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 371 recorded since 1889.
Wessie has 371 recorded births among girls since 1889, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1889 to 1956.
- #14,159 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 371 born since 1889
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Wessie ranks #14,159 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 371 born since 1889, peaking in the 1910s.
- #14,159 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 371
- born since 1889
- 1910s
- peak decade
Wessie's 371 recorded births place it above 80.42% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by Georgia.
Wessie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Wessie's SSA record in two at 1920 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1889, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1918 peak of 21, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Wessie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1889–1956
- Peak year (1918)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 68 years of records
Wessie by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (127 births, 34% of the file).
1910s was Wessie's strongest decade.
127 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Wessie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 5
1880s
5 births
- 1890s 17
1890s
17 births
- 1900s 29
1900s
29 births
- 1910s
1910s
127 births
- 1920s
1920s
117 births
- 1930s 47
1930s
47 births
- 1940s 19
1940s
19 births
- 1950s 10
1950s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 127 births (34% of all-time use).
Wessie by state
Where Wessie concentrates geographically, total births since 1889
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 19 | 5.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 11 | 3.0% |
| #3 | Mississippi | | 10 | 2.7% |
| #4 | South Carolina | | 5 | 1.3% |
19 of 371 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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- Wessie's decade-level peak was the 1910s (127 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 1950s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Georgia records the most Wessies (19 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Georgia names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Wessie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1918)
Similar record span (~67 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, 1889–1956 (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 Wessie 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.