for girls in 2025
Data through 2025
Bess name popularity in the United States
Bess ranked #14942 for girls in 2025. SSA recorded 5 girls named Bess.
SSA
182 recorded
since 2020
Popularity over time
Bess for boys and girls
Girls
5100.0% in 2025 · data from 1880 to 2025
Boys
5Share unavailable · data from 1894 to 1894
Recent year-by-year data
The latest published years are shown first.
| Year | Group | Recorded count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | girls | 5 | #14942 |
| 2022 | girls | 6 | #13592 |
| 2020 | girls | 8 | #11090 |
| 2019 | girls | 5 | #15539 |
| 2018 | girls | 7 | #12464 |
| 2016 | girls | 6 | #14331 |
| 2015 | girls | 6 | #14482 |
| 2014 | girls | 8 | #11931 |
| 2013 | girls | 7 | #13150 |
| 2012 | girls | 6 | #14962 |
| 2011 | girls | 7 | #13347 |
| 2010 | girls | 7 | #13448 |
Show full history (143 rows)
| Year | Group | Recorded count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | girls | 5 | #14942 |
| 2022 | girls | 6 | #13592 |
| 2020 | girls | 8 | #11090 |
| 2019 | girls | 5 | #15539 |
| 2018 | girls | 7 | #12464 |
| 2016 | girls | 6 | #14331 |
| 2015 | girls | 6 | #14482 |
| 2014 | girls | 8 | #11931 |
| 2013 | girls | 7 | #13150 |
| 2012 | girls | 6 | #14962 |
| 2011 | girls | 7 | #13347 |
| 2010 | girls | 7 | #13448 |
| 2009 | girls | 8 | #12429 |
| 2008 | girls | 7 | #13832 |
| 2007 | girls | 8 | #12676 |
| 2006 | girls | 6 | #15152 |
| 2005 | girls | 18 | #6528 |
| 2004 | girls | 5 | #16099 |
| 2003 | girls | 12 | #8505 |
| 2002 | girls | 14 | #7444 |
| 2001 | girls | 10 | #9351 |
| 2000 | girls | 9 | #9874 |
| 1999 | girls | 11 | #8223 |
| 1998 | girls | 8 | #10122 |
| 1997 | girls | 14 | #6483 |
| 1996 | girls | 14 | #6392 |
| 1995 | girls | 11 | #7514 |
| 1994 | girls | 11 | #7604 |
| 1993 | girls | 14 | #6264 |
| 1992 | girls | 16 | #5718 |
| 1991 | girls | 12 | #6976 |
| 1990 | girls | 16 | #5549 |
| 1989 | girls | 20 | #4522 |
| 1988 | girls | 28 | #3393 |
| 1987 | girls | 29 | #3169 |
| 1986 | girls | 29 | #3135 |
| 1985 | girls | 27 | #3246 |
| 1984 | girls | 38 | #2470 |
| 1983 | girls | 27 | #3065 |
| 1982 | girls | 29 | #3017 |
| 1981 | girls | 38 | #2488 |
| 1980 | girls | 28 | #3069 |
| 1979 | girls | 25 | #3236 |
| 1978 | girls | 33 | #2572 |
| 1977 | girls | 26 | #3002 |
| 1976 | girls | 22 | #3188 |
| 1975 | girls | 11 | #5161 |
| 1974 | girls | 14 | #4227 |
| 1973 | girls | 20 | #3233 |
| 1972 | girls | 15 | #3894 |
| 1971 | girls | 18 | #3508 |
| 1970 | girls | 19 | #3311 |
| 1969 | girls | 20 | #3012 |
| 1968 | girls | 8 | #5147 |
| 1967 | girls | 15 | #3340 |
| 1966 | girls | 19 | #2839 |
| 1965 | girls | 19 | #2833 |
| 1964 | girls | 19 | #2915 |
| 1963 | girls | 26 | #2364 |
| 1962 | girls | 34 | #1989 |
| 1961 | girls | 33 | #2036 |
| 1960 | girls | 26 | #2307 |
| 1959 | girls | 26 | #2234 |
| 1958 | girls | 34 | #1872 |
| 1957 | girls | 28 | #2067 |
| 1956 | girls | 28 | #2058 |
| 1955 | girls | 23 | #2280 |
| 1954 | girls | 34 | #1769 |
| 1953 | girls | 23 | #2173 |
| 1952 | girls | 30 | #1820 |
| 1951 | girls | 16 | #2577 |
| 1950 | girls | 15 | #2652 |
| 1949 | girls | 20 | #2212 |
| 1948 | girls | 35 | #1576 |
| 1947 | girls | 21 | #2146 |
| 1946 | girls | 24 | #1860 |
| 1945 | girls | 21 | #1825 |
| 1944 | girls | 25 | #1661 |
| 1943 | girls | 32 | #1467 |
| 1942 | girls | 32 | #1438 |
| 1941 | girls | 31 | #1384 |
| 1940 | girls | 29 | #1404 |
| 1939 | girls | 27 | #1424 |
| 1938 | girls | 23 | #1596 |
| 1937 | girls | 18 | #1845 |
| 1936 | girls | 20 | #1691 |
| 1935 | girls | 17 | #1917 |
| 1934 | girls | 26 | #1440 |
| 1933 | girls | 28 | #1364 |
| 1932 | girls | 29 | #1382 |
| 1931 | girls | 27 | #1421 |
| 1930 | girls | 36 | #1251 |
| 1929 | girls | 33 | #1306 |
| 1928 | girls | 33 | #1338 |
| 1927 | girls | 58 | #1000 |
| 1926 | girls | 55 | #1004 |
| 1925 | girls | 64 | #932 |
| 1924 | girls | 81 | #829 |
| 1923 | girls | 81 | #811 |
| 1922 | girls | 74 | #852 |
| 1921 | girls | 84 | #797 |
| 1920 | girls | 82 | #797 |
| 1919 | girls | 99 | #704 |
| 1918 | girls | 103 | #711 |
| 1917 | girls | 103 | #670 |
| 1916 | girls | 131 | #586 |
| 1915 | girls | 122 | #589 |
| 1914 | girls | 93 | #590 |
| 1913 | girls | 119 | #457 |
| 1912 | girls | 125 | #414 |
| 1911 | girls | 93 | #421 |
| 1910 | girls | 88 | #421 |
| 1909 | girls | 95 | #381 |
| 1908 | girls | 91 | #375 |
| 1907 | girls | 103 | #343 |
| 1906 | girls | 101 | #332 |
| 1905 | girls | 87 | #362 |
| 1904 | girls | 96 | #336 |
| 1903 | girls | 112 | #293 |
| 1902 | girls | 104 | #309 |
| 1901 | girls | 107 | #289 |
| 1900 | girls | 134 | #280 |
| 1899 | girls | 123 | #255 |
| 1898 | girls | 151 | #239 |
| 1897 | girls | 137 | #243 |
| 1896 | girls | 151 | #224 |
| 1895 | girls | 150 | #224 |
| 1894 | boys | 5 | #1074 |
| 1894 | girls | 177 | #197 |
| 1893 | girls | 169 | #197 |
| 1892 | girls | 177 | #190 |
| 1891 | girls | 137 | #199 |
| 1890 | girls | 154 | #190 |
| 1889 | girls | 182 | #164 |
| 1888 | girls | 164 | #176 |
| 1887 | girls | 155 | #157 |
| 1886 | girls | 128 | #180 |
| 1885 | girls | 97 | #191 |
| 1884 | girls | 105 | #170 |
| 1883 | girls | 94 | #170 |
| 1882 | girls | 76 | #180 |
| 1881 | girls | 52 | #208 |
| 1880 | girls | 46 | #227 |
Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.