Meaning and history
Bessie is a diminutive form of Elizabeth.
20062006: 19 births, rank #6,592
2007: 15 births, rank #8,098
2008: 15 births, rank #8,109
2009: 9 births, rank #11,459
2010: 8 births, rank #12,276
20112011: 9 births, rank #11,181
2012: 13 births, rank #8,632
2013: 17 births, rank #7,031
2014: 11 births, rank #9,517
2015: 11 births, rank #9,481
20162016: 8 births, rank #11,781
2017: 12 births, rank #8,776
2018: 9 births, rank #10,545
2019: 11 births, rank #9,112
2020: 16 births, rank #6,923
20212021: 17 births, rank #6,691
2022: 13 births, rank #8,032
2023: 15 births, rank #7,247
2024: 10 births, rank #9,556
20252025: 16 births, rank #6,838
Bessie rose from #990 to #957 for girls between 1973 and 1975. Its highest annual birth count came in 1916, with 4,122 births.