Bessy
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- BES-ee
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Bessy is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “my God is an oath”. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Bessy mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Bessie; pet form of Elizabeth
“my God is an oath”
A traditional pet form of Elizabeth; Elizabeth I was known as Good Queen Bess.
Meaning borrowed from Bessie. More on Wiktionary.
Is Bessy a girl's or a boy's name?
Bessy is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bessy in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 14,937th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Bessy, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 2001, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 1914.
Half of all the girls named Bessy in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Bessy in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 11 | #7,598 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,347 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 6 | #4,284 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,059 |
| 1923 | 10 | #3,124 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,807 |
| 1917 | 5 | #4,592 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,617 |
Nicknames for Bessy
Names like Bessy
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lily, Ivy, Hannah, Brielle, Daisy, Bailey, Blakely, Emily, Molly, Jordyn, Abby, Josie
Names related to Bessy
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Bessy: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bessy, updated 20 October 2026.