Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Bess

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Bess
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1889

Peak era

1889

Peak rank proxy

182

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 18892024

Peak year

1889

Decline from peak

100%

2024

All-time

7,166

Bess is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1889, when 182 girls were named Bess.

No girls were recorded with this name in 2024 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

All told, about 7,166 Americans have been named Bess and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1889

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