Hessie

Girl · recorded 1880–1959

  • 1959last recorded
  • 1896best year

Most popular in 1896.

Last recorded in 1959. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Hessie.

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

0428418801900192019391959

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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 75 recorded years as a table
Hessie, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188066
188176
188246
188371
188447
188538
188648
188734
188850
188939
189053
189154
189261
189361
189458
189564
189684
189756
189854
189977
190073
190184
190268
190346
190440
190555
190668
190760
190848
190940
191055
191143
191236
191327
191421
191534
191634
191726
191823
191933
192037
192124
192227
192321
192421
192516
192615
192721
192815
192916
193012
193114
193216
193316
19349
193510
193612
193712
19385
19397
194014
19414
19427
19439
19445
19455
19473
19486
19495
19504
19523
19543
19573
19583
19593

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Hessie 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.

More like it

More like Hessie

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1959
6
Rank in 1959
#5,566
How rare
1 in 337,243 girls
Since 1880
1,118

Hessie was last recorded in 1959. 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 1896, at 84 per million girls born.

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

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