How Many People Are Named Besa?
An estimated 16 people in the United States have the first name Besa. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 30 years old, and Besa peaked in popularity in 1986 with 6 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Besa as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Besa paired with any surname.
Key Insights
- Besa is exceptionally rare. Fewer than 100 people with this name are estimated to be alive in the U.S. today.
Estimated Living Americans
16
About 1 in 21,422,146 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
30
years old
Peak Year
1986
6 births
Total Registered
17
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Besa
Besa is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 17 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Besa as a female name
Ranked #14,064 in 2018
6 female births in 2018
Peak: 1986 (6 births)
Besa: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Besa span from the 1980s to the 2010s, covering 2 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1980s, when 11 babies were registered. While Besa is less common than at its peak in the 1980s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Besa by Decade
How has Besa tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Besa + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Besa as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Besa
Other first names starting with B with a similar number of bearers.
Besa: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Besa?
We estimate approximately 16 people named Besa are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 21,422,146 Americans share this first name.
Is Besa a common name?
Besa is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 36.5% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 17 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Besa most popular?
Besa reached peak popularity in 1986, when 6 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Besa is approximately 30 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Besa a female name?
Besa is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Besa Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Besa Smith, Besa Johnson, Besa Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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