Jesse
#2,458 for girls in 2025, 72 births · #184 for boys in 2025, 2,002 births
Given to boys 97.2% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1882 · 660 births
- Debut · boys
- 569 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 92 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 432,428since 1880
Jesse over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,458 | 72 | #184 | 2,002 |
| 2024 | #2,462 | 73 | #185 | 1,996 |
| 2023 | #2,466 | 72 | #202 | 1,828 |
| 2022 | #3,123 | 52 | #192 | 1,979 |
| 2021 | #2,533 | 69 | #203 | 1,908 |
| 2020 | #2,597 | 65 | #203 | 1,887 |
| 2019 | #2,814 | 59 | #200 | 1,979 |
| 2018 | #2,238 | 82 | #186 | 2,146 |
| 2017 | #2,384 | 76 | #186 | 2,106 |
| 2016 | #2,617 | 67 | #174 | 2,310 |
| 2015 | #2,646 | 67 | #178 | 2,357 |
| 2014 | #2,469 | 73 | #172 | 2,469 |
| 2013 | #2,533 | 70 | #156 | 2,571 |
| 2012 | #2,336 | 80 | #150 | 2,712 |
| 2011 | #2,298 | 81 | #140 | 2,973 |
| 2010 | #1,873 | 108 | #124 | 3,280 |
| 2009 | #1,934 | 108 | #112 | 3,688 |
| 2008 | #1,808 | 120 | #110 | 3,954 |
| 2007 | #1,815 | 117 | #107 | 4,130 |
| 2006 | #1,709 | 122 | #102 | 4,370 |
| 2005 | #1,290 | 173 | #89 | 4,746 |
| 2004 | #1,225 | 181 | #94 | 4,761 |
| 2003 | #1,227 | 172 | #94 | 4,606 |
| 2002 | #1,107 | 190 | #90 | 4,431 |
| 2001 | #1,087 | 195 | #91 | 4,222 |
| 2000 | #805 | 282 | #90 | 4,485 |
| 1999 | #649 | 355 | #82 | 5,004 |
| 1998 | #791 | 271 | #70 | 5,444 |
| 1997 | #792 | 263 | #63 | 5,920 |
| 1996 | #725 | 289 | #51 | 7,075 |
| 1995 | #607 | 367 | #46 | 7,495 |
| 1994 | #621 | 357 | #45 | 8,683 |
| 1993 | #662 | 336 | #48 | 8,263 |
| 1992 | #693 | 312 | #50 | 8,563 |
| 1991 | #651 | 338 | #51 | 8,367 |
| 1990 | #648 | 347 | #48 | 8,977 |
| 1989 | #652 | 314 | #50 | 8,853 |
| 1988 | #624 | 318 | #55 | 7,914 |
| 1987 | #604 | 322 | #55 | 7,982 |
| 1986 | #564 | 353 | #48 | 8,542 |
| 1985 | #654 | 279 | #51 | 8,221 |
| 1984 | #621 | 287 | #50 | 7,606 |
| 1983 | #669 | 257 | #46 | 8,469 |
| 1982 | #590 | 308 | #43 | 9,504 |
| 1981 | #517 | 380 | #37 | 10,443 |
| 1980 | #621 | 293 | #45 | 8,374 |
| 1979 | #730 | 227 | #50 | 6,679 |
| 1978 | #789 | 191 | #51 | 6,107 |
| 1977 | #880 | 163 | #54 | 5,823 |
| 1976 | #939 | 136 | #55 | 5,300 |
| 1975 | #1,026 | 117 | #64 | 4,435 |
| 1974 | #1,284 | 83 | #67 | 4,105 |
| 1973 | #1,527 | 61 | #75 | 3,442 |
| 1972 | #1,698 | 52 | #88 | 3,226 |
| 1971 | #1,754 | 51 | #107 | 3,001 |
| 1970 | #1,736 | 52 | #119 | 2,768 |
| 1969 | #1,685 | 51 | #128 | 2,377 |
| 1968 | #2,296 | 28 | #135 | 2,147 |
| 1967 | #2,167 | 30 | #135 | 2,186 |
| 1966 | #1,827 | 39 | #132 | 2,316 |
| 1965 | #2,605 | 22 | #139 | 2,212 |
| 1964 | #2,195 | 30 | #151 | 2,185 |
| 1963 | #2,131 | 31 | #149 | 2,229 |
| 1962 | #2,210 | 29 | #149 | 2,273 |
| 1961 | #1,921 | 36 | #150 | 2,306 |
| 1960 | #1,953 | 34 | #150 | 2,374 |
| 1959 | #3,104 | 15 | #142 | 2,440 |
| 1958 | #2,506 | 21 | #141 | 2,490 |
| 1957 | #2,218 | 25 | #133 | 2,737 |
| 1956 | #2,194 | 25 | #126 | 2,626 |
| 1955 | #2,108 | 26 | #122 | 2,786 |
| 1954 | #2,122 | 25 | #119 | 2,760 |
| 1953 | #1,931 | 28 | #114 | 2,818 |
| 1952 | #1,611 | 36 | #112 | 2,721 |
| 1951 | #1,555 | 37 | #115 | 2,670 |
| 1950 | #1,794 | 28 | #114 | 2,607 |
| 1949 | #2,212 | 20 | #110 | 2,704 |
| 1948 | #2,126 | 21 | #108 | 2,705 |
| 1947 | #1,863 | 27 | #107 | 2,751 |
| 1946 | #2,597 | 14 | #109 | 2,468 |
| 1945 | #1,825 | 21 | #104 | 2,186 |
| 1944 | #1,808 | 22 | #103 | 2,310 |
| 1943 | #1,751 | 24 | #105 | 2,427 |
| 1942 | #1,706 | 24 | #100 | 2,396 |
| 1941 | #2,018 | 17 | #99 | 2,184 |
| 1940 | #1,549 | 25 | #93 | 2,205 |
| 1939 | #1,424 | 27 | #99 | 2,010 |
| 1938 | #1,382 | 29 | #107 | 1,912 |
| 1937 | #1,784 | 19 | #102 | 1,866 |
| 1936 | #1,741 | 19 | #104 | 1,827 |
| 1935 | #1,356 | 29 | #104 | 1,865 |
| 1934 | #1,556 | 23 | #102 | 1,853 |
| 1933 | #1,513 | 24 | #100 | 1,804 |
| 1932 | #1,320 | 31 | #99 | 1,863 |
| 1931 | #1,227 | 35 | #97 | 1,895 |
| 1930 | #1,460 | 28 | #94 | 2,035 |
| 1929 | #1,137 | 42 | #93 | 2,030 |
| 1928 | #1,191 | 41 | #91 | 2,171 |
| 1927 | #1,139 | 45 | #89 | 2,318 |
| 1926 | #1,023 | 53 | #87 | 2,298 |
| 1925 | #1,050 | 52 | #85 | 2,373 |
| 1924 | #1,046 | 55 | #86 | 2,292 |
| 1923 | #1,305 | 36 | #83 | 2,387 |
| 1922 | #1,342 | 35 | #81 | 2,395 |
| 1921 | #1,136 | 45 | #77 | 2,486 |
| 1920 | #1,282 | 36 | #79 | 2,420 |
| 1919 | #1,042 | 48 | #77 | 2,356 |
| 1918 | #960 | 56 | #78 | 2,433 |
| 1917 | #1,507 | 25 | #79 | 2,200 |
| 1916 | #1,298 | 31 | #77 | 2,230 |
| 1915 | #1,012 | 43 | #77 | 2,111 |
| 1914 | #1,199 | 26 | #82 | 1,457 |
| 1913 | #961 | 31 | #79 | 1,214 |
| 1912 | #978 | 27 | #74 | 1,106 |
| 1911 | #1,113 | 16 | #72 | 596 |
| 1910 | #1,421 | 11 | #60 | 590 |
| 1909 | #961 | 18 | #59 | 517 |
| 1908 | #1,547 | 8 | #62 | 482 |
| 1907 | #1,289 | 10 | #63 | 466 |
| 1906 | #965 | 15 | #57 | 436 |
| 1905 | #761 | 23 | #54 | 443 |
| 1904 | #1,050 | 12 | #53 | 443 |
| 1903 | #862 | 16 | #57 | 388 |
| 1902 | #903 | 15 | #50 | 437 |
| 1901 | #918 | 13 | #49 | 411 |
| 1900 | #1,231 | 10 | #50 | 536 |
| 1899 | #791 | 17 | #47 | 423 |
| 1898 | #886 | 15 | #47 | 476 |
| 1897 | #1,037 | 10 | #38 | 529 |
| 1896 | #843 | 15 | #35 | 586 |
| 1895 | #986 | 11 | #35 | 577 |
| 1894 | #950 | 11 | #38 | 567 |
| 1893 | #865 | 12 | #36 | 541 |
| 1892 | #796 | 14 | #35 | 602 |
| 1891 | #839 | 11 | #35 | 519 |
| 1890 | #872 | 10 | #33 | 576 |
| 1889 | #687 | 14 | #31 | 576 |
| 1888 | #753 | 12 | #32 | 637 |
| 1887 | #733 | 10 | #26 | 601 |
| 1886 | #993 | 6 | #29 | 614 |
| 1885 | #557 | 15 | #31 | 556 |
| 1884 | #556 | 14 | #27 | 670 |
| 1883 | #817 | 6 | #28 | 584 |
| 1882 | #908 | 5 | #26 | 660 |
| 1881 | #830 | 5 | #27 | 536 |
| 1880 | #836 | 5 | #28 | 569 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Jesse was already there! It came in at #28, and was given to 569 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1897–1909, when fewer than 540 boys a year got the name.
See more about Jesse
- 1 spot since 2024 (#185 → #184)
- 19 spots since 2020 (#203 → #184)
- 6 spots since 2015 (#178 → #184)
- Biggest jump: 19 spots in 1972 (#107 → #88)
- Biggest drop: 16 spots in 2011 (#124 → #140)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1882 at #26 (660 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 92 yrs · run 1880–1933
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 169 boys born in 1887 were named Jesse (0.59%)
- Latest: 1 in 853 boys born in 2025 (0.12%)
- Its best rank, #26 in 1882, was only 1 in 172 (0.58%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 19.9% of all boys named Jesse (85,908) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6,003 | #26 (1882) | #29 |
| 1890s | 5,396 | #33 (1890) | #38 |
| 1900s | 4,559 | #49 (1901) | #55 |
| 1910s | 16,293 | #60 (1910) | #76 |
| 1920s | 23,170 | #77 (1921) | #85 |
| 1930s | 18,930 | #94 (1930) | #101 |
| 1940s | 24,336 | #93 (1940) | #104 |
| 1950s | 26,655 | #112 (1952) | #124 |
| 1960s | 22,605 | #128 (1969) | #142 |
| 1970s | 44,886 | #50 (1979) | #73 |
| 1980s | 85,908 | #37 (1981) | #48 |
| 1990s | 73,791 | #45 (1994) | #55 |
| 2000s | 43,393 | #89 (2005) | #98 |
| 2010s | 24,903 | #124 (2010) | #167 |
| 2020s | 11,600 | #184 (2025) | #195 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Jesse in 1920
Top girls' names in 1920
Top boys' names in 1920
More about 1920
girls
1,198,289 girls got a published name in 1920; 1 in 33,286 of them was named Jesse, which outranked 77.8% of the 5,767 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,255Virgia37
- #1,255Zada37
- #1,255Zettie37
- #1,282Jesse36
- #1,282Aleene36
- #1,282Alexandra36
- #1,282Almira36
- #1,312Aimee35
- #1,312Arletta35
- #1,312Candelaria35
Tied with 29 names at #1,282; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 440 of them was named Jesse, which outranked 98.4% of the 4,989 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.