Meaning and history
Bess is a diminutive of Elizabeth. In the 16th century, Queen Elizabeth I was popularly known as Good Queen Bess.
20062006: 6 births, rank #15,152
2007: 8 births, rank #12,676
2008: 7 births, rank #13,832
2009: 8 births, rank #12,429
2010: 7 births, rank #13,448
20112011: 7 births, rank #13,347
2012: 6 births, rank #14,962
2013: 7 births, rank #13,150
2014: 8 births, rank #11,931
2015: 6 births, rank #14,482
20162016: 6 births, rank #14,331
2017: no US SSA record for this spelling
2018: 7 births, rank #12,464
2019: 5 births, rank #15,539
2020: 8 births, rank #11,090
20212021: no US SSA record for this spelling
2022: 6 births, rank #13,592
2023: no US SSA record for this spelling
2024: no US SSA record for this spelling
20252025: 5 births, rank #14,942
Bess moved from #932 to #1000 for girls between 1925 and 1927. Its highest annual birth count came in 1889, with 182 births.