Besse peaked in the US in 1889 at #388, and is too rare now to appear in the latest official lists.
Besse as a girl’s name Share of babies Rank
Besse as a girl’s name, US Babies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published. 0 0.06 0.13 0.19 0.25 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Besse as a girl’s name, US Babies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published. 0 0.06 0.13 0.19 0.25 1880 1920 1960 2000 Besse as a girl’s name, US Official rank (1 = most popular, log scale), 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published. #1 #10 #100 #1,000 #10K 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Besse as a girl’s name, US Official rank (1 = most popular, log scale), 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published. #1 #10 #100 #1,000 #10K 1880 1920 1960 2000
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 1926 #3,564 (8) 1925 #4,973 (5) 1924 #4,002 (7) 1923 #2,917 (11) 1922 #2,479 (14) 1921 #2,509 (14) 1920 #3,957 (7) 1919 #4,814 (5) 1918 #2,376 (14) 1917 #2,204 (15) 1916 #2,368 (13) 1915 #2,900 (9) 1914 #3,188 (6) 1913 #1,465 (16) 1909 #1,290 (11)
The tide so far Peaked in the US in 1889 at #388. In the US records since the data begins in 1880.