Bess was the #14,942 girls' name in the US in 2025 (5 babies).
Bess as a girl’s name
US
England & Wales
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
England & Wales
2025
#14,942 (5)
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2024
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#5,892 (3)
2023
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#2,928 (8)
2022
#13,592 (6)
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2021
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#4,634 (4)
2020
#11,090 (8)
#3,447 (6)
2019
#15,539 (5)
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2018
#12,464 (7)
#3,178 (7)
2017
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#3,583 (6)
2016
#14,331 (6)
#2,367 (11)
2015
#14,482 (6)
#2,496 (10)
2014
#11,931 (8)
#1,966 (14)
2013
#13,150 (7)
#3,160 (7)
2012
#14,962 (6)
#3,681 (6)
2011
#13,347 (7)
#4,049 (5)
The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1887 at #157.
Falling over the last five years.
In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
How common is it?
about 1 in 330,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.
In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.