Bessy Popularity by Year
Follow Bessy across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Bessy 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 1,465 places |
| 2024 | Girls | 6 | #13,477 | Down 1,234 places |
| 2022 | Girls | 7 | #12,243 | Down 1,951 places |
| 2021 | Girls | 9 | #10,292 | Down 746 places |
| 2020 | Girls | 10 | #9,546 | Up 5,993 places |
| 2019 | Girls | 5 | #15,539 | Down 4,112 places |
| 2018 | Girls | 8 | #11,427 | Down 738 places |
| 2017 | Girls | 9 | #10,689 | Up 177 places |
| 2015 | Girls | 9 | #10,866 | Up 89 places |
| 2014 | Girls | 9 | #10,955 | Up 3,627 places |
| 2013 | Girls | 6 | #14,582 | Up 380 places |
| 2012 | Girls | 6 | #14,962 | Down 3 places |
| 2010 | Girls | 6 | #14,959 | Up 283 places |
| 2009 | Girls | 6 | #15,242 | Down 2,663 places |
| 2008 | Girls | 8 | #12,579 | Down 2,450 places |
| 2007 | Girls | 11 | #10,129 | Down 843 places |
| 2006 | Girls | 12 | #9,286 | Up 1,635 places |
| 2005 | Girls | 9 | #10,921 | Down 1,657 places |
| 2004 | Girls | 11 | #9,264 | Up 1,161 places |
| 2003 | Girls | 9 | #10,425 | Up 683 places |
| 2002 | Girls | 8 | #11,108 | Down 3,384 places |
| 2001 | Girls | 13 | #7,724 | Up 5,430 places |
| 2000 | Girls | 6 | #13,154 | Up 1,257 places |
| 1999 | Girls | 5 | #14,411 | Down 2,604 places |
| 1996 | Girls | 6 | #11,807 | Up 1,579 places |
| 1995 | Girls | 5 | #13,386 | Down 5,782 places |
| 1994 | Girls | 11 | #7,604 | Up 4,176 places |
| 1993 | Girls | 6 | #11,780 | Down 42 places |
| 1992 | Girls | 6 | #11,738 | Down 1,467 places |
| 1991 | Girls | 7 | #10,271 | Up 1,138 places |
| 1990 | Girls | 6 | #11,409 | Up 953 places |
| 1989 | Girls | 5 | #12,362 | Down 4,671 places |
| 1988 | Girls | 9 | #7,691 | Down 903 places |
| 1987 | Girls | 10 | #6,788 | Up 2,227 places |
| 1983 | Girls | 6 | #9,015 | Up 80 places |
| 1980 | Girls | 6 | #9,095 | Up 1,115 places |
| 1979 | Girls | 5 | #10,210 | Down 2,226 places |
| 1975 | Girls | 6 | #7,984 | Down 549 places |
| 1973 | Girls | 6 | #7,435 | Down 3,086 places |
| 1940 | Girls | 5 | #4,349 | Down 63 places |
| 1927 | Girls | 6 | #4,286 | Up 775 places |
| 1924 | Girls | 5 | #5,061 | Down 1,936 places |
| 1923 | Girls | 10 | #3,125 | Up 1,684 places |
| 1918 | Girls | 5 | #4,809 | Down 215 places |
| 1917 | Girls | 5 | #4,594 | Down 976 places |
| 1914 | Girls | 5 | #3,618 | — |