as a First Name
Short form of Elizabeth, in common use in the days of Queen Elizabeth I, who was known as ‘Good Queen Bess’.
| 3,026th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 5,452
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- District of Columbia
- has the most people named Bess per capita
- 1912
- marked the height of its popularity
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30-54
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13-29
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