Bessye
- Last seen for girls in 1946 at #4,960
- Peak · girls
- 1903 · 5 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 105since 1903
Bessye over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Bessye has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 |
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| 1938 | #3,847 | 6 |
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| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 |
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| 1930 | #4,047 | 6 |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 |
| 1928 | #3,436 | 8 |
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| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 |
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| 1919 | #3,005 | 10 |
| 1918 | #3,869 | 7 |
| 1917 | #3,713 | 7 |
| 1916 | #2,368 | 13 |
| 1915 | #3,795 | 6 |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 |
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 |
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| 1908 | #2,101 | 5 |
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| 1903 | #1,792 | 5 |
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First appearance
1903
The first year at least five girls were named Bessye! It came in at #1,792, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1903–1913, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Bessye is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Bessye in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Bessye
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1946
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1903
- Peaked 1903 at #1,792 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1904, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 52,394
- Highest: 1 in 52,394 girls born in 1903 were named Bessye (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 314,261 girls born in 1946 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
- 51.4% of all girls named Bessye (54) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1900s | 10 | #1,792 (1903) | #1,947 |
| 1910s | 54 | #2,368 (1916) | #3,304 |
| 1920s | 18 | #3,436 (1928) | #4,286 |
| 1930s | 18 | #3,847 (1938) | #3,932 |
| 1940s | 5 | #4,960 (1946) | #4,960 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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