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Baby name
Bessie
Girl
Origin of the name
Bessie is a pet form of Elizabeth.
Classic name
170,140births since 1880
1910sgeneration
No. 56rank at its peak, in 1916
Where babies named Bessie are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Bessie is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Bessie is most common in Mississippi (4.7 times), Alabama (3.5) and South Carolina (3.5), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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