Jessalyn

Where Jessalyn comes from

The dictionaries list Jessalyn as a given name — a female given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1918
    First appearance
    #4,809 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1999
    Peak, #1,398
    126 babies named Jessalyn — more than any year before or since.
  3. 2018
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,962.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes

We look up famous namesakes for names that have made the top 1,000. Jessalyn hasn't yet.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.