Bessye Popularity by Year
Follow Bessye across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Bessye 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | Girls | 5 | #4,960 | Down 1,113 places |
| 1938 | Girls | 6 | #3,847 | Up 54 places |
| 1932 | Girls | 6 | #3,901 | Up 146 places |
| 1930 | Girls | 6 | #4,047 | Up 523 places |
| 1929 | Girls | 5 | #4,570 | Down 1,134 places |
| 1928 | Girls | 8 | #3,436 | Up 1,415 places |
| 1926 | Girls | 5 | #4,851 | Down 1,846 places |
| 1919 | Girls | 10 | #3,005 | Up 864 places |
| 1918 | Girls | 7 | #3,869 | Down 156 places |
| 1917 | Girls | 7 | #3,713 | Down 1,345 places |
| 1916 | Girls | 13 | #2,368 | Up 1,427 places |
| 1915 | Girls | 6 | #3,795 | Down 607 places |
| 1914 | Girls | 6 | #3,188 | Down 1 places |
| 1913 | Girls | 5 | #3,187 | Down 1,086 places |
| 1908 | Girls | 5 | #2,101 | Down 309 places |
| 1903 | Girls | 5 | #1,792 | — |