Bess
Below 5 births
2025 SSA
About Bess
Although she declared her independence as far back as the reign of Elizabeth I — Good Queen Bess, Bess now sounds less passé than Beth or Betsy.
Bess is also given to boys.
Pronounced BES.
As of October 2026, Bess ranked #1096 in US births in 1894 SSA.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
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Bess on lists
Famous Besss
- Elizabeth Virginia "Bess" TrumanGirl
First Lady of the U.S. as wife of President Harry Truman
- Bess MyersonGirl
Miss America 1945
- Elizabeth "Bess" ThrockmortonGirl
lady,in,waiting of Queen Elizabeth I; wife to Sir Walter Raleigh
- Wilhelmina Beatrice "Bess" (Rahner) HoudiniGirl
wife of escape artist Harry Houdini
- Elizabeth "Bess" of HardwickGirl
Countess of Shrewsbury, Elizabethan English noblewoman
- Elizabeth Christiana "Bess" (Hervey) CavendishGirl
Duchess of Devonshire, early English woman novelist
- Good Queen BessGirl
one of Queen Elizabeth I's many titles
- Jamison Bess BelushiGirl
daughter of actor Jim Belushi
Bess in pop culture
- Bess McNeillGirl
character in film "Breaking the Waves"
- Bess MarvinGirl
character in the Nancy Drew series
- BessGirl
character in opera "Porgy and Bess"
- BessGirl
alternate personality of Jessica Buchanan on American soap "One Life to Live"
- BessGirl
character in Erin Hunter's "Warriors" book series
- BessGirl
character in the movie "Crush"
- Bess LaurenceGirl
daughter of Amy in "Little Men"
- BessGirl
"the landlord's black,eyed daughter," character in the poem "The Highwayman" by Alfred Noyes and song by Loreena McKennit