Hessie
Last seen for girls in 1959 at #5,566 · Last seen for boys in 1920 at #4,286
Given to girls 98.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1881 · 7 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,118since 1880
Hessie over time
Rank among girls' names. Hessie has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 | — | |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 | — | |
| 1957 | #4,918 | 7 | — | |
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| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | — | |
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| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 | — | |
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| 1950 | #4,315 | 7 | — | |
| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 | — | |
| 1948 | #3,137 | 11 | — | |
| 1947 | #4,764 | 6 | — | |
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| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 | — | |
| 1944 | #3,687 | 7 | — | |
| 1943 | #2,558 | 13 | — | |
| 1942 | #3,194 | 9 | — | |
| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,029 | 16 | — | |
| 1939 | #3,145 | 8 | — | |
| 1938 | #3,847 | 6 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,317 | 13 | — | |
| 1936 | #2,263 | 13 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,575 | 11 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,923 | 9 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,970 | 16 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,957 | 17 | — | |
| 1931 | #2,105 | 15 | — | |
| 1930 | #2,306 | 14 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,953 | 18 | — | |
| 1928 | #2,094 | 17 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,669 | 25 | — | |
| 1926 | #2,076 | 18 | — | |
| 1925 | #2,018 | 19 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,679 | 26 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,672 | 25 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,430 | 32 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,543 | 29 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,132 | 44 | #4,286 | 5 |
| 1919 | #1,242 | 37 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,537 | 27 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,402 | 28 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,210 | 35 | #3,897 | 5 |
| 1915 | #1,190 | 33 | #3,392 | 6 |
| 1914 | #1,665 | 16 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,405 | 17 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,178 | 20 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,031 | 18 | — | |
| 1910 | #914 | 22 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,104 | 14 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,004 | 16 | — | |
| 1907 | #871 | 19 | — | |
| 1906 | #818 | 20 | — | |
| 1905 | #926 | 16 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,092 | 11 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,027 | 12 | — | |
| 1902 | #818 | 18 | — | |
| 1901 | #723 | 20 | — | |
| 1900 | #780 | 22 | — | |
| 1899 | #756 | 18 | — | |
| 1898 | #920 | 14 | — | |
| 1897 | #895 | 13 | — | |
| 1896 | #707 | 20 | — | |
| 1895 | #815 | 15 | — | |
| 1894 | #850 | 13 | — | |
| 1893 | #826 | 13 | — | |
| 1892 | #830 | 13 | — | |
| 1891 | #893 | 10 | — | |
| 1890 | #872 | 10 | — | |
| 1889 | #1,025 | 7 | — | |
| 1888 | #894 | 9 | — | |
| 1887 | #1,147 | 5 | — | |
| 1886 | #897 | 7 | — | |
| 1885 | #1,047 | 5 | — | |
| 1884 | #930 | 6 | — | |
| 1883 | #692 | 8 | — | |
| 1882 | #908 | 5 | — | |
| 1881 | #679 | 7 | — | |
| 1880 | #738 | 6 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Hessie was already there! It came in at #738, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1946, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Hessie
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1959
- Biggest jump: 253 spots in 1888 (#1,147 → #894)
- Biggest drop: 250 spots in 1887 (#897 → #1,147)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1881 at #679 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1946, 65 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 24 yrs · run 1890–1902
- Highest: 1 in 11,896 girls born in 1896 were named Hessie (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 337,244 girls born in 1959 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #679 in 1881, was only 1 in 13,136 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 22.6% of all girls named Hessie (253) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 65 | #679 (1881) | #896 |
| 1890s | 139 | #707 (1896) | #836 |
| 1900s | 168 | #723 (1901) | #916 |
| 1910s | 253 | #914 (1910) | #1,277 |
| 1920s | 253 | #1,132 (1920) | #1,727 |
| 1930s | 122 | #1,957 (1932) | #2,541 |
| 1940s | 81 | #2,029 (1940) | #3,523 |
| 1950s | 37 | #4,315 (1950) | #5,145 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Hessie in 1886
Top girls' names in 1886
More about 1886
girls
144,533 girls got a published name in 1886; 1 in 20,648 of them was named Hessie, which outranked 30.0% of the 1,282 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).