Besse

Girl · recorded 1880–1926

  • 1926last recorded
  • 1889best year

Most popular in 1889.

Last recorded in 1926. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

011021918801892190319151926

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 43 recorded years as a table
Besse, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880110
188187
1882111
1883142
1884202
1885173
1886138
1887171
1888196
1889219
1890194
1891129
1892104
1893113
189467
1895133
189650
189781
189850
189960
190067
190129
190272
190350
190422
190517
190641
190827
190932
191326
19148
19159
191612
191714
191812
19194
19206
192111
192212
19239
19246
19254
19267

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Besse isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1926
8
Rank in 1926
#3,564
How rare
1 in 148,175 girls
Since 1880
671

Besse was last recorded in 1926. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1889, at 219 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Besse doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.