Bess Popularity by Year
Follow Bess across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Bess birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Girls | 5 | #14,942 | Down 1,350 places |
| 2022 | Girls | 6 | #13,592 | Down 2,502 places |
| 2020 | Girls | 8 | #11,090 | Up 4,449 places |
| 2019 | Girls | 5 | #15,539 | Down 3,075 places |
| 2018 | Girls | 7 | #12,464 | Up 1,867 places |
| 2016 | Girls | 6 | #14,331 | Up 151 places |
| 2015 | Girls | 6 | #14,482 | Down 2,551 places |
| 2014 | Girls | 8 | #11,931 | Up 1,219 places |
| 2013 | Girls | 7 | #13,150 | Up 1,812 places |
| 2012 | Girls | 6 | #14,962 | Down 1,615 places |
| 2011 | Girls | 7 | #13,347 | Up 101 places |
| 2010 | Girls | 7 | #13,448 | Down 1,019 places |
| 2009 | Girls | 8 | #12,429 | Up 1,403 places |
| 2008 | Girls | 7 | #13,832 | Down 1,156 places |
| 2007 | Girls | 8 | #12,676 | Up 2,476 places |
| 2006 | Girls | 6 | #15,152 | Down 8,624 places |
| 2005 | Girls | 18 | #6,528 | Up 9,571 places |
| 2004 | Girls | 5 | #16,099 | Down 7,594 places |
| 2003 | Girls | 12 | #8,505 | Down 1,061 places |
| 2002 | Girls | 14 | #7,444 | Up 1,907 places |
| 2001 | Girls | 10 | #9,351 | Up 523 places |
| 2000 | Girls | 9 | #9,874 | Down 1,651 places |
| 1999 | Girls | 11 | #8,223 | Up 1,899 places |
| 1998 | Girls | 8 | #10,122 | Down 3,639 places |
| 1997 | Girls | 14 | #6,483 | Down 91 places |
| 1996 | Girls | 14 | #6,392 | Up 1,122 places |
| 1995 | Girls | 11 | #7,514 | Up 90 places |
| 1994 | Girls | 11 | #7,604 | Down 1,340 places |
| 1993 | Girls | 14 | #6,264 | Down 546 places |
| 1992 | Girls | 16 | #5,718 | Up 1,258 places |
| 1991 | Girls | 12 | #6,976 | Down 1,427 places |
| 1990 | Girls | 16 | #5,549 | Down 1,027 places |
| 1989 | Girls | 20 | #4,522 | Down 1,129 places |
| 1988 | Girls | 28 | #3,393 | Down 224 places |
| 1987 | Girls | 29 | #3,169 | Down 34 places |
| 1986 | Girls | 29 | #3,135 | Up 111 places |
| 1985 | Girls | 27 | #3,246 | Down 776 places |
| 1984 | Girls | 38 | #2,470 | Up 595 places |
| 1983 | Girls | 27 | #3,065 | Down 48 places |
| 1982 | Girls | 29 | #3,017 | Down 529 places |
| 1981 | Girls | 38 | #2,488 | Up 581 places |
| 1980 | Girls | 28 | #3,069 | Up 167 places |
| 1979 | Girls | 25 | #3,236 | Down 664 places |
| 1978 | Girls | 33 | #2,572 | Up 430 places |
| 1977 | Girls | 26 | #3,002 | Up 186 places |
| 1976 | Girls | 22 | #3,188 | Up 1,973 places |
| 1975 | Girls | 11 | #5,161 | Down 934 places |
| 1974 | Girls | 14 | #4,227 | Down 994 places |
| 1973 | Girls | 20 | #3,233 | Up 661 places |
| 1972 | Girls | 15 | #3,894 | Down 386 places |
| 1971 | Girls | 18 | #3,508 | Down 197 places |
| 1970 | Girls | 19 | #3,311 | Down 299 places |
| 1969 | Girls | 20 | #3,012 | Up 2,135 places |
| 1968 | Girls | 8 | #5,147 | Down 1,807 places |
| 1967 | Girls | 15 | #3,340 | Down 501 places |
| 1966 | Girls | 19 | #2,839 | Down 6 places |
| 1965 | Girls | 19 | #2,833 | Up 82 places |
| 1964 | Girls | 19 | #2,915 | Down 551 places |
| 1963 | Girls | 26 | #2,364 | Down 375 places |
| 1962 | Girls | 34 | #1,989 | Up 47 places |
| 1961 | Girls | 33 | #2,036 | Up 271 places |
| 1960 | Girls | 26 | #2,307 | Down 73 places |
| 1959 | Girls | 26 | #2,234 | Down 362 places |
| 1958 | Girls | 34 | #1,872 | Up 195 places |
| 1957 | Girls | 28 | #2,067 | Down 9 places |
| 1956 | Girls | 28 | #2,058 | Up 222 places |
| 1955 | Girls | 23 | #2,280 | Down 511 places |
| 1954 | Girls | 34 | #1,769 | Up 404 places |
| 1953 | Girls | 23 | #2,173 | Down 353 places |
| 1952 | Girls | 30 | #1,820 | Up 757 places |
| 1951 | Girls | 16 | #2,577 | Up 75 places |
| 1950 | Girls | 15 | #2,652 | Down 440 places |
| 1949 | Girls | 20 | #2,212 | Down 636 places |
| 1948 | Girls | 35 | #1,576 | Up 570 places |
| 1947 | Girls | 21 | #2,146 | Down 286 places |
| 1946 | Girls | 24 | #1,860 | Down 35 places |
| 1945 | Girls | 21 | #1,825 | Down 164 places |
| 1944 | Girls | 25 | #1,661 | Down 194 places |
| 1943 | Girls | 32 | #1,467 | Down 29 places |
| 1942 | Girls | 32 | #1,438 | Down 54 places |
| 1941 | Girls | 31 | #1,384 | Up 20 places |
| 1940 | Girls | 29 | #1,404 | Up 20 places |
| 1939 | Girls | 27 | #1,424 | Up 172 places |
| 1938 | Girls | 23 | #1,596 | Up 249 places |
| 1937 | Girls | 18 | #1,845 | Down 154 places |
| 1936 | Girls | 20 | #1,691 | Up 226 places |
| 1935 | Girls | 17 | #1,917 | Down 477 places |
| 1934 | Girls | 26 | #1,440 | Down 76 places |
| 1933 | Girls | 28 | #1,364 | Up 18 places |
| 1932 | Girls | 29 | #1,382 | Up 39 places |
| 1931 | Girls | 27 | #1,421 | Down 170 places |
| 1930 | Girls | 36 | #1,251 | Up 55 places |
| 1929 | Girls | 33 | #1,306 | Up 32 places |
| 1928 | Girls | 33 | #1,338 | Down 338 places |
| 1927 | Girls | 58 | #1,000 | Up 4 places |
| 1926 | Girls | 55 | #1,004 | Down 72 places |
| 1925 | Girls | 64 | #932 | Down 103 places |
| 1924 | Girls | 81 | #829 | Down 18 places |
| 1923 | Girls | 81 | #811 | Up 41 places |
| 1922 | Girls | 74 | #852 | Down 55 places |
| 1921 | Girls | 84 | #797 | No rank change |
| 1920 | Girls | 82 | #797 | Down 93 places |
| 1919 | Girls | 99 | #704 | Up 7 places |
| 1918 | Girls | 103 | #711 | Down 41 places |
| 1917 | Girls | 103 | #670 | Down 84 places |
| 1916 | Girls | 131 | #586 | Up 3 places |
| 1915 | Girls | 122 | #589 | Up 1 places |
| 1914 | Girls | 93 | #590 | Down 133 places |
| 1913 | Girls | 119 | #457 | Down 43 places |
| 1912 | Girls | 125 | #414 | Up 7 places |
| 1911 | Girls | 93 | #421 | No rank change |
| 1910 | Girls | 88 | #421 | Down 40 places |
| 1909 | Girls | 95 | #381 | Down 6 places |
| 1908 | Girls | 91 | #375 | Down 32 places |
| 1907 | Girls | 103 | #343 | Down 11 places |
| 1906 | Girls | 101 | #332 | Up 30 places |
| 1905 | Girls | 87 | #362 | Down 26 places |
| 1904 | Girls | 96 | #336 | Down 43 places |
| 1903 | Girls | 112 | #293 | Up 16 places |
| 1902 | Girls | 104 | #309 | Down 20 places |
| 1901 | Girls | 107 | #289 | Down 9 places |
| 1900 | Girls | 134 | #280 | Down 25 places |
| 1899 | Girls | 123 | #255 | Down 16 places |
| 1898 | Girls | 151 | #239 | Up 4 places |
| 1897 | Girls | 137 | #243 | Down 19 places |
| 1896 | Girls | 151 | #224 | No rank change |
| 1895 | Girls | 150 | #224 | Down 27 places |
| 1894 | Boys | 5 | #1,074 | — |
| 1894 | Girls | 177 | #197 | No rank change |
| 1893 | Girls | 169 | #197 | Down 7 places |
| 1892 | Girls | 177 | #190 | Up 9 places |
| 1891 | Girls | 137 | #199 | Down 9 places |
| 1890 | Girls | 154 | #190 | Down 26 places |
| 1889 | Girls | 182 | #164 | Up 12 places |
| 1888 | Girls | 164 | #176 | Down 19 places |
| 1887 | Girls | 155 | #157 | Up 23 places |
| 1886 | Girls | 128 | #180 | Up 11 places |
| 1885 | Girls | 97 | #191 | Down 21 places |
| 1884 | Girls | 105 | #170 | No rank change |
| 1883 | Girls | 94 | #170 | Up 10 places |
| 1882 | Girls | 76 | #180 | Up 28 places |
| 1881 | Girls | 52 | #208 | Up 19 places |
| 1880 | Girls | 46 | #227 | — |