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“my God is an oath”
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01 / Meaning & origin
Bessy is a feminine given name documented in English and Danish. English Wiktionary records an etymology for it. It is a form of Bess, for which English Wiktionary gives the meaning “my God is an oath”.
Meaning: “my God is an oath”
From Bess + -y.
02 / Across borders
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United States, 2025: 5 girls (rank 14942). Documented as a given name in English.
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03 / By the numbers
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1880–2025 Spelling: Bessy
Recorded category girls
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Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Applications | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1881 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1882 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1883 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1884 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1885 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1886 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1887 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1888 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1889 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1890 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1891 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1892 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1893 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1894 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1895 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1896 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1897 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1898 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1899 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1900 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1901 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1902 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1903 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1904 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1905 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1906 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1907 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1908 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1909 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1910 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1911 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1912 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1913 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1914 | 5 | 3,618 | observed |
| 1915 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1916 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1917 | 5 | 4,594 | observed |
| 1918 | 5 | 4,809 | observed |
| 1919 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1920 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1921 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1922 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1923 | 10 | 3,125 | observed |
| 1924 | 5 | 5,061 | observed |
| 1925 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1926 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1927 | 6 | 4,286 | observed |
| 1928 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1929 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1930 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1931 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1932 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1933 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1934 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1935 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1936 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1937 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1938 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1939 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1940 | 5 | 4,349 | observed |
| 1941 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1942 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1943 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1944 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1945 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1946 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1947 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1948 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1949 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1950 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1951 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1952 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1953 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1954 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1955 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1956 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1957 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1958 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1959 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1960 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1961 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1962 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1963 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1964 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1965 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1966 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1967 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1968 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1969 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1970 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1971 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1972 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1973 | 6 | 7,435 | observed |
| 1974 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1975 | 6 | 7,984 | observed |
| 1976 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1977 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1978 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1979 | 5 | 10,210 | observed |
| 1980 | 6 | 9,095 | observed |
| 1981 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1982 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1983 | 6 | 9,015 | observed |
| 1984 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1985 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1986 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1987 | 10 | 6,788 | observed |
| 1988 | 9 | 7,691 | observed |
| 1989 | 5 | 12,362 | observed |
| 1990 | 6 | 11,409 | observed |
| 1991 | 7 | 10,271 | observed |
| 1992 | 6 | 11,738 | observed |
| 1993 | 6 | 11,780 | observed |
| 1994 | 11 | 7,604 | observed |
| 1995 | 5 | 13,386 | observed |
| 1996 | 6 | 11,807 | observed |
| 1997 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1998 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1999 | 5 | 14,411 | observed |
| 2000 | 6 | 13,154 | observed |
| 2001 | 13 | 7,724 | observed |
| 2002 | 8 | 11,108 | observed |
| 2003 | 9 | 10,425 | observed |
| 2004 | 11 | 9,264 | observed |
| 2005 | 9 | 10,921 | observed |
| 2006 | 12 | 9,286 | observed |
| 2007 | 11 | 10,129 | observed |
| 2008 | 8 | 12,579 | observed |
| 2009 | 6 | 15,242 | observed |
| 2010 | 6 | 14,959 | observed |
| 2011 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2012 | 6 | 14,962 | observed |
| 2013 | 6 | 14,582 | observed |
| 2014 | 9 | 10,955 | observed |
| 2015 | 9 | 10,866 | observed |
| 2016 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2017 | 9 | 10,689 | observed |
| 2018 | 8 | 11,427 | observed |
| 2019 | 5 | 15,539 | observed |
| 2020 | 10 | 9,546 | observed |
| 2021 | 9 | 10,292 | observed |
| 2022 | 7 | 12,243 | observed |
| 2023 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2024 | 6 | 13,477 | observed |
| 2025 | 5 | 14,942 | observed |
Statistics count the spelling “Bessy” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0
Read our methodology04 / Through time
Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.
Bessy— “God’s oath”
_Bessy_, _f._ _Eng._ Heb. God’s oath, 35
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian Names · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.
