Bessie

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Bessie: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Bessie: Recorded since 1996, it reached #1,094 in 2014, and it stood at #1,743 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1094highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2683
1997	#3824
1999	#2444
2000	#3247
2001	#2466
2002	#2868
2004	#2530
2005	#2084
2006	#2509
2007	#1741
2008	#1344
2009	#1171
2010	#1520
2011	#1269
2012	#1184
2013	#1956
2014	#1094
2015	#1279
2016	#1834
2017	#1817
2018	#1272
2019	#1940
2020	#1127
2021	#1351
2022	#1416
2023	#1575
2024	#1743

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 27 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2683 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1094 among girls in England and Wales, in 2014 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1743 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Bessie by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Bessie in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	14	3 of 10	5
2000s	101	9 of 10	11
2010sbusiest	216	10 of 10	22
2020s	110	5 of 10	22

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 22 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Bessie appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1094 in England and Wales in 2014.

Bessie's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1743	17	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1575	19	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1416	22	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1351	23	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1127	29	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1940	14	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1272	26	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1817	16	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1834	16	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1279	26	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1094	32	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1956	14	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1184	28	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1269	25	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1520	19	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1171	26	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1344	21	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1741	14	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2509	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2084	10	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2530	7	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2868	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2466	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3247	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2444	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2683	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,094, first reached in 2014.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 32 births, registered in England and Wales in 2014.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
21 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#1,743position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
32births registered in its largest year, 201425 to 49 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Bethan · #72, 30y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Alarna · #1094, 29y
Faatimah · #1093, 29y
Joshua-James · #1095, 27y
Nafisah · #1095, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Alarna · #1094, 29y
Faatimah · #1093, 29y
Joshua-James · #1095, 27y
Nafisah · #1095, 27y

Bessie and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Bessie without appearing here.

Bessie moved ahead of

Siobhán Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1817 and #1817 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1272 and #4684.
Lynette Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2509 and #2509 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #1171 and #4564.
Susan Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1817 and #1512 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1272 and #3518.
Yvonne Compare
In 2013 they stood at #1956 and #1774 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #1094 and #3160.

Moved ahead of Bessie

Ida Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2444 and #2770 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #3247 and #2167.
Frida Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1184 and #1210 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1956 and #925.
Fiadh Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1272 and #1436 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1940 and #1063.
Eabha Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1127 and #1313 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1351 and #1069.

Moved the opposite way to Bessie

Kristin Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Bessie went from #2683 to #1575 while Kristin went from #1434 to #5687.
Therese Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Bessie went from #2683 to #1575 while Therese went from #2096 to #4709.
Tracey Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Bessie went from #2683 to #1575 while Tracey went from #783 to #5687.
Carol Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Bessie went from #2683 to #1351 while Carol went from #802 to #3519.

Moved the same way as Bessie

Blake Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Bessie went from #3824 to #1743 and Blake from #3824 to #432.
Ezra Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Bessie went from #3824 to #1743 and Ezra from #3824 to #1302.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1094 in England and Wales in 2014. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Bessie

Bessie at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Bessie by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Bessie appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Bessie and the names beside it

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Bessie at a glance

Bessie by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Bessie appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Bessie and the names beside it

Bessie moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Bessie

Moved the opposite way to Bessie

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