Jessie
#823 for girls in 2025, 330 births · #1,425 for boys in 2025, 126 births
Given to girls 60.4% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1881 · 661 births
- Debut · girls
- 635 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 48 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 170,036since 1880
Jessie over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. 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 | #823 | 330 | #1,425 | 126 |
| 2024 | #807 | 348 | #1,262 | 156 |
| 2023 | #795 | 355 | #1,369 | 136 |
| 2022 | #793 | 356 | #1,144 | 182 |
| 2021 | #793 | 356 | #1,299 | 146 |
| 2020 | #718 | 388 | #1,215 | 155 |
| 2019 | #692 | 417 | #1,054 | 194 |
| 2018 | #657 | 449 | #1,101 | 178 |
| 2017 | #657 | 453 | #961 | 216 |
| 2016 | #641 | 460 | #885 | 247 |
| 2015 | #613 | 471 | #918 | 233 |
| 2014 | #587 | 508 | #808 | 284 |
| 2013 | #593 | 479 | #722 | 323 |
| 2012 | #639 | 448 | #695 | 340 |
| 2011 | #688 | 408 | #695 | 333 |
| 2010 | #683 | 420 | #609 | 407 |
| 2009 | #687 | 425 | #575 | 460 |
| 2008 | #623 | 493 | #540 | 488 |
| 2007 | #603 | 499 | #497 | 533 |
| 2006 | #557 | 529 | #483 | 546 |
| 2005 | #567 | 507 | #443 | 590 |
| 2004 | #484 | 607 | #455 | 571 |
| 2003 | #477 | 618 | #410 | 627 |
| 2002 | #432 | 676 | #397 | 653 |
| 2001 | #454 | 611 | #419 | 593 |
| 2000 | #400 | 719 | #446 | 533 |
| 1999 | #385 | 740 | #408 | 581 |
| 1998 | #379 | 744 | #385 | 642 |
| 1997 | #338 | 846 | #342 | 753 |
| 1996 | #296 | 981 | #301 | 874 |
| 1995 | #249 | 1,138 | #294 | 903 |
| 1994 | #226 | 1,255 | #276 | 983 |
| 1993 | #250 | 1,108 | #265 | 1,083 |
| 1992 | #256 | 1,096 | #272 | 1,048 |
| 1991 | #249 | 1,116 | #242 | 1,176 |
| 1990 | #252 | 1,118 | #231 | 1,255 |
| 1989 | #239 | 1,147 | #235 | 1,133 |
| 1988 | #227 | 1,161 | #227 | 1,082 |
| 1987 | #215 | 1,223 | #214 | 1,162 |
| 1986 | #204 | 1,276 | #215 | 1,118 |
| 1985 | #234 | 1,111 | #213 | 1,131 |
| 1984 | #251 | 993 | #211 | 1,095 |
| 1983 | #269 | 889 | #205 | 1,161 |
| 1982 | #225 | 1,144 | #190 | 1,328 |
| 1981 | #219 | 1,209 | #196 | 1,253 |
| 1980 | #303 | 813 | #220 | 1,098 |
| 1979 | #325 | 720 | #223 | 1,024 |
| 1978 | #338 | 644 | #233 | 895 |
| 1977 | #420 | 484 | #231 | 933 |
| 1976 | #439 | 448 | #246 | 823 |
| 1975 | #473 | 392 | #257 | 772 |
| 1974 | #491 | 358 | #259 | 750 |
| 1973 | #494 | 352 | #258 | 753 |
| 1972 | #533 | 317 | #261 | 756 |
| 1971 | #516 | 359 | #278 | 757 |
| 1970 | #553 | 336 | #288 | 729 |
| 1969 | #549 | 324 | #267 | 773 |
| 1968 | #534 | 320 | #274 | 717 |
| 1967 | #494 | 373 | #252 | 797 |
| 1966 | #425 | 475 | #236 | 902 |
| 1965 | #432 | 474 | #252 | 874 |
| 1964 | #476 | 411 | #254 | 906 |
| 1963 | #485 | 400 | #254 | 904 |
| 1962 | #462 | 445 | #251 | 941 |
| 1961 | #450 | 470 | #253 | 951 |
| 1960 | #434 | 509 | #261 | 932 |
| 1959 | #391 | 585 | #258 | 960 |
| 1958 | #375 | 589 | #246 | 1,018 |
| 1957 | #360 | 634 | #233 | 1,066 |
| 1956 | #335 | 684 | #227 | 1,050 |
| 1955 | #313 | 747 | #230 | 963 |
| 1954 | #305 | 760 | #220 | 993 |
| 1953 | #276 | 900 | #208 | 1,070 |
| 1952 | #271 | 878 | #207 | 1,035 |
| 1951 | #249 | 940 | #206 | 989 |
| 1950 | #245 | 936 | #202 | 1,021 |
| 1949 | #231 | 1,030 | #200 | 1,023 |
| 1948 | #227 | 1,071 | #185 | 1,095 |
| 1947 | #219 | 1,157 | #195 | 1,051 |
| 1946 | #207 | 1,173 | #181 | 1,020 |
| 1945 | #185 | 1,107 | #175 | 940 |
| 1944 | #176 | 1,217 | #167 | 1,033 |
| 1943 | #177 | 1,313 | #166 | 1,100 |
| 1942 | #167 | 1,391 | #167 | 1,003 |
| 1941 | #165 | 1,355 | #162 | 1,038 |
| 1940 | #158 | 1,336 | #162 | 1,019 |
| 1939 | #155 | 1,396 | #154 | 1,058 |
| 1938 | #150 | 1,476 | #163 | 972 |
| 1937 | #143 | 1,550 | #148 | 1,042 |
| 1936 | #140 | 1,586 | #151 | 1,012 |
| 1935 | #135 | 1,619 | #140 | 1,104 |
| 1934 | #129 | 1,792 | #144 | 1,090 |
| 1933 | #127 | 1,808 | #143 | 1,079 |
| 1932 | #126 | 1,896 | #137 | 1,280 |
| 1931 | #122 | 1,930 | #135 | 1,267 |
| 1930 | #114 | 2,195 | #133 | 1,329 |
| 1929 | #110 | 2,258 | #129 | 1,330 |
| 1928 | #109 | 2,423 | #124 | 1,419 |
| 1927 | #95 | 2,858 | #123 | 1,459 |
| 1926 | #93 | 2,921 | #124 | 1,481 |
| 1925 | #97 | 2,951 | #123 | 1,467 |
| 1924 | #91 | 3,147 | #124 | 1,460 |
| 1923 | #93 | 2,995 | #119 | 1,483 |
| 1922 | #87 | 3,182 | #111 | 1,591 |
| 1921 | #91 | 3,225 | #117 | 1,517 |
| 1920 | #84 | 3,329 | #111 | 1,590 |
| 1919 | #75 | 3,530 | #109 | 1,473 |
| 1918 | #75 | 3,591 | #120 | 1,412 |
| 1917 | #70 | 3,465 | #114 | 1,361 |
| 1916 | #68 | 3,414 | #117 | 1,269 |
| 1915 | #66 | 3,356 | #114 | 1,240 |
| 1914 | #64 | 2,860 | #117 | 949 |
| 1913 | #61 | 2,475 | #114 | 758 |
| 1912 | #65 | 2,052 | #109 | 692 |
| 1911 | #66 | 1,550 | #79 | 500 |
| 1910 | #63 | 1,541 | #72 | 516 |
| 1909 | #63 | 1,321 | #72 | 432 |
| 1908 | #58 | 1,382 | #77 | 355 |
| 1907 | #60 | 1,314 | #71 | 386 |
| 1906 | #58 | 1,247 | #77 | 323 |
| 1905 | #57 | 1,315 | #74 | 338 |
| 1904 | #60 | 1,197 | #76 | 313 |
| 1903 | #55 | 1,202 | #78 | 280 |
| 1902 | #54 | 1,240 | #73 | 323 |
| 1901 | #55 | 1,116 | #85 | 231 |
| 1900 | #53 | 1,422 | #69 | 398 |
| 1899 | #54 | 1,081 | #70 | 261 |
| 1898 | #55 | 1,244 | #78 | 267 |
| 1897 | #52 | 1,191 | #78 | 234 |
| 1896 | #57 | 1,103 | #89 | 229 |
| 1895 | #48 | 1,300 | #79 | 245 |
| 1894 | #55 | 1,120 | #79 | 255 |
| 1893 | #48 | 1,216 | #85 | 214 |
| 1892 | #46 | 1,246 | #79 | 251 |
| 1891 | #48 | 1,119 | #75 | 227 |
| 1890 | #43 | 1,250 | #73 | 241 |
| 1889 | #43 | 1,196 | #85 | 207 |
| 1888 | #43 | 1,200 | #77 | 254 |
| 1887 | #41 | 1,012 | #86 | 182 |
| 1886 | #41 | 1,003 | #89 | 181 |
| 1885 | #40 | 952 | #81 | 202 |
| 1884 | #42 | 888 | #90 | 177 |
| 1883 | #40 | 834 | #89 | 151 |
| 1882 | #37 | 806 | #84 | 192 |
| 1881 | #34 | 661 | #91 | 143 |
| 1880 | #36 | 635 | #90 | 154 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Jessie was already there! It came in at #36, and was given to 635 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1961–1976, when fewer than 480 girls a year got the name.
See more about Jessie
- 16 spots since 2024 (#807 → #823)
- 105 spots since 2020 (#718 → #823)
- 210 spots since 2015 (#613 → #823)
- Biggest jump: 84 spots in 1981 (#303 → #219)
- Biggest drop: 83 spots in 2005 (#484 → #567)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1881 at #34 (661 births)
- Births halved by 1968, 87 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 48 yrs · run 1880–1927
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 134 girls born in 1882 were named Jessie (0.75%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,871 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
- Its best rank, #34 in 1881, was only 1 in 139 (0.72%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 17.2% of all girls named Jessie (29,289) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2009, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 9,187 | #34 (1881) | #40 |
| 1890s | 11,870 | #43 (1890) | #51 |
| 1900s | 12,756 | #53 (1900) | #57 |
| 1910s | 27,834 | #61 (1913) | #67 |
| 1920s | 29,289 | #84 (1920) | #95 |
| 1930s | 17,248 | #114 (1930) | #134 |
| 1940s | 12,150 | #158 (1940) | #191 |
| 1950s | 7,653 | #245 (1950) | #312 |
| 1960s | 4,201 | #425 (1966) | #474 |
| 1970s | 4,410 | #325 (1979) | #458 |
| 1980s | 10,966 | #204 (1986) | #239 |
| 1990s | 10,142 | #226 (1994) | #288 |
| 2000s | 5,684 | #400 (2000) | #528 |
| 2010s | 4,513 | #587 (2014) | #645 |
| 2020s | 2,133 | #718 (2020) | #788 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Jessie in 2012
Top girls' names in 2012
Top boys' names in 2012
More about 2012
girls
1,761,053 girls got a published name in 2012; 1 in 3,931 of them was named Jessie, which outranked 96.7% of the 19,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,896,946 boys got a published name in 2012; 1 in 5,579 of them was named Jessie, which outranked 95.1% of the 14,250 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #692Alessandro342
- #693Kody341
- #693Mayson341
- #695Jessie340
- #695Allan340
- #695Augustus340
- #695Hayes340
- #701Chaim339
- #701Flynn339
- #703Leonard338
Tied with 5 names at #695; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.