Jessee

Last seen for girls in 2024 at #15,293 · Last seen for boys in 2022 at #9,823
Given to boys 84.0% of the time

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Peak · boys
1880 · 6 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,645
since 1880

Jessee over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201887peak #4,973, 1925peak #809, 1880girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025
2024#15,2935
2023
2022#9,8237
2021#12,1465
2020#10,6056
2019#8,8898
2018#12,1565
2017#14,1246#10,7756
2016#9,6647
2015#8,7448
2014#13,0697#12,1085
2013#8,7898
2012#9,7097
2011#5,94514
2010#16,9925#6,03614
2009#9,8647
2008#5,76715
2007#15,4916#5,66115
2006#12,4208#4,52020
2005#13,0107#5,03416
2004#10,6909#3,73524
2003#9,04811#3,44326
2002#6,69816#6,52210
2001#8,75811#4,12119
2000#9,16310#3,64022
1999#9,4799#3,59121
1998#8,58410#3,29623
1997#7,74211#2,68029
1996#6,06415#2,38033
1995#5,43917#1,75850
1994#9,5868#1,97742
1993#6,62213#1,90743
1992#7,51211#1,67751
1991#7,43011#1,65250
1990#5,28617#1,53055
1989#5,04917#1,79342
1988#8,3918#1,76839
1987#7,3539#1,97431
1986#6,61210#2,29024
1985#7,5638#1,79433
1984#6,29110#1,84230
1983#1,86429
1982#6,8889#1,70034
1981#8,1287#2,13824
1980#8,1787#2,28422
1979#2,77716
1978#2,66916
1977#2,45818
1976#2,60116
1975#1,88425
1974#2,67414
1973#3,01311
1972#3,6228
1971#2,81312
1970#2,50914
1969#3,0629
1968#3,6736
1967#3,9665
1966#2,9868
1965
1964#2,8549
1963#2,53911
1962#3,3057
1961#4,0655
1960#3,3377
1959#2,8219
1958#3,9445
1957#2,49411
1956#2,36112
1955#2,43511
1954#2,9428
1953#2,28712
1952#2,6809
1951
1950#3,0217
1949
1948#3,0107
1947#2,8628
1946
1945
1944#2,08012
1943#2,9647
1942#2,38610
1941#3,5055
1940#2,4789
1939#3,1136
1938#2,32610
1937#1,99213
1936
1935#2,7198
1934#2,7428
1933#3,0047
1932
1931#2,32811
1930#4,0015
1929#2,00215
1928#2,04815
1927#2,40812
1926#2,18614
1925#4,9735#2,58811
1924#2,64111
1923#2,77210
1922#1,69521
1921#2,37613
1920#2,23114
1919#2,51111
1918#2,07315
1917#2,56210
1916#3,8975
1915#2,18412
1914#2,2719
1913#1,9459
1912
1911
1910#1,5895
1909
1908
1907
1906
1905
1904
1903
1902
1901#1,0585
1900
1899
1898
1897
1896
1895
1894
1893
1892#9566
1891
1890
1889
1888
1887#9215
1886
1885
1884#9715
1883
1882
1881
1880#8096
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Jessee was already there! It came in at #809, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1881–1891, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Jessee
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #809 (6 births)
  • Births halved by 1881, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 4 yrs · 1880–1892
Share of babies · boys
1 in 18,415
  • Highest: 1 in 18,415 boys born in 1880 were named Jessee (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 249,430 boys born in 2022 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 24.1% of all boys named Jessee (397) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2024
  • Mostly boys until 2023, mostly girls since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s16#809 (1880)#900
1890s6#956 (1892)#956
1900s5#1,058 (1901)#1,058
1910s76#1,589 (1910)#2,379
1920s136#1,695 (1922)#2,295
1930s68#1,992 (1937)#2,778
1940s58#2,080 (1944)#2,755
1950s84#2,287 (1953)#2,776
1960s67#2,539 (1963)#3,310
1970s150#1,884 (1975)#2,702
1980s308#1,700 (1982)#1,945
1990s397#1,530 (1990)#2,245
2000s174#3,443 (2003)#5,231
2010s82#5,945 (2011)#9,282
2020s18#9,823 (2022)#10,858

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.

Jessee in 1887

boys
#921
5 births · 1 in 20,282 boys

Top boys' names in 1887

  1. #1John8,110
  2. #2William7,470
  3. #3James4,767
  4. #4George4,284
  5. #5Charles4,031
  6. #6Frank2,883
  7. #7Joseph2,456
  8. #8Henry2,228
  9. #9Thomas2,151
  10. #10Edward2,125
  11. #10Robert2,125
  12. #921Jessee5
More about 1887

boys

101,410 boys got a published name in 1887; 1 in 20,282 of them was named Jessee, which outranked 13.7% of the 1,067 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 42.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jessee
  1. #819Woodie6
  2. #819Wright6
  3. #819Yancy6
  4. #921Jessee5
  5. #921Ab5
  6. #921Abbie5
  7. #921Ada5

Tied with 146 names at #921; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1886
Risers
  1. 539Carey#959#420
  2. 521Santiago#959#438
  3. 471Annie#959#488
  4. 471Roderick#959#488
  5. 453Morton#845#392
Fallers
  1. 430Dell#491#921
  2. 420Hardy#332#752
  3. 409Brady#512#921
  4. 381Walton#540#921
  5. 368Milford#451#819

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1887