How Many People Are Named Besan?
An estimated 115 people in the United States have the first name Besan. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 10 years old, and Besan peaked in popularity in 2014 with 17 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Besan 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 Besan paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
115
About 1 in 2,980,473 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
10
years old
Peak Year
2014
17 births
Total Registered
116
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Besan
Besan is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 116 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Besan as a female name
Ranked #11,235 in 2024
8 female births in 2024
Peak: 2014 (17 births)
Besan: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Besan span from the 2000s to the 2020s, covering 3 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 78 babies were registered. While Besan is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Besan by Decade
How has Besan 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.
Besan + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Besan as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Besan
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Besan: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Besan?
We estimate approximately 115 people named Besan 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 2,980,473 Americans share this first name.
Is Besan a common name?
Besan is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 66.6% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 116 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Besan most popular?
Besan reached peak popularity in 2014, when 17 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Besan is approximately 10 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Besan a female name?
Besan is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Besan Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Besan Smith, Besan Johnson, Besan 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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