Bessy was the #14,942 girls' name in the US in 2025 (5 babies).
Bessy 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
#13,477 (6)
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2022
#12,243 (7)
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2021
#10,292 (9)
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2020
#9,546 (10)
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2019
#15,539 (5)
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2018
#11,427 (8)
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2017
#10,689 (9)
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2015
#10,866 (9)
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2014
#10,955 (9)
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2013
#14,582 (6)
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2012
#14,962 (6)
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2010
#14,959 (6)
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2009
#15,242 (6)
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2008
#12,579 (8)
#5,545 (3)
The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1923 at #3,125.
Falling over the last five years.
First recorded in the US in 1914.
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.