Jessye
Last seen for girls in 2011 at #16,764
- Peak · girls
- 1890 · 9 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 449since 1889
Jessye over time
Rank among girls' names. Jessye has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 |
| 1995 | #7,041 | 12 |
| 1994 | #5,713 | 16 |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 |
| 1992 | #5,051 | 19 |
| 1991 | #7,430 | 11 |
| 1990 | #7,880 | 10 |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #7,353 | 9 |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | — | |
| 1957 | — | |
| 1956 | — | |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 |
| 1953 | — | |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 |
| 1950 | — | |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | — | |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 |
| 1945 | #3,388 | 8 |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | #3,801 | 7 |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 |
| 1940 | — | |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | #3,847 | 6 |
| 1937 | #3,434 | 7 |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 |
| 1934 | #3,159 | 8 |
| 1933 | — | |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 |
| 1931 | #3,848 | 6 |
| 1930 | #3,658 | 7 |
| 1929 | — | |
| 1928 | — | |
| 1927 | #3,561 | 8 |
| 1926 | #2,351 | 15 |
| 1925 | #2,617 | 13 |
| 1924 | #3,144 | 10 |
| 1923 | #2,917 | 11 |
| 1922 | #2,780 | 12 |
| 1921 | #3,164 | 10 |
| 1920 | #2,357 | 15 |
| 1919 | #2,640 | 12 |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 |
| 1917 | #3,713 | 7 |
| 1916 | #2,658 | 11 |
| 1915 | #2,526 | 11 |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 |
| 1913 | #2,164 | 9 |
| 1912 | — | |
| 1911 | #2,191 | 6 |
| 1910 | #1,773 | 8 |
| 1909 | #1,607 | 8 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,821 | 6 |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,659 | 6 |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,932 | 5 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | #940 | 9 |
| 1889 | #1,147 | 6 |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Jessye! It came in at #1,147, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1891–1903, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Jessye
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2011
- Biggest jump: 207 spots in 1890 (#1,147 → #940)
- Debuted 1889
- Peaked 1890 at #940 (9 births)
- Births halved by 1891, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1890
- Highest: 1 in 21,153 girls born in 1890 were named Jessye (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 351,813 girls born in 2011 (0.00%)
- 21.4% of all girls named Jessye (96) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | #1,147 (1889) | #1,147 |
| 1890s | 9 | #940 (1890) | #940 |
| 1900s | 25 | #1,607 (1909) | #1,755 |
| 1910s | 75 | #1,773 (1910) | #2,851 |
| 1920s | 94 | #2,351 (1926) | #2,861 |
| 1930s | 45 | #3,159 (1934) | #3,728 |
| 1940s | 31 | #3,388 (1945) | #4,269 |
| 1950s | 13 | #4,655 (1954) | #4,744 |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 28 | #7,353 (1987) | #9,120 |
| 1990s | 96 | #5,051 (1992) | #8,523 |
| 2000s | 22 | #14,502 (2005) | #15,724 |
| 2010s | 5 | #16,764 (2011) | #16,764 |
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.
Jessye in 1889
Top girls' names in 1889
More about 1889
girls
178,366 girls got a published name in 1889; 1 in 29,728 of them was named Jessye, which outranked 22.4% of the 1,479 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,025Yetta7
- #1,025Zelia7
- #1,025Zelpha7
- #1,147Jessye6
- #1,147Aida6
- #1,147Albena6
- #1,147Alene6
- #1,279Adelaida5
- #1,279Aileene5
- #1,279Ala5
Tied with 131 names at #1,147; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.