Meaning not yet researched.
Jessee: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 0 in 2025. Its best rank was #872 in 1880.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Fewer than five US boys were given it in 2025. It peaked at #872 in 1880. No US babies were recorded with the name Jessee in 2025.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
Given to fewer than five US boys in 2025; it peaked at #872 in 1880.
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Jessee: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 0 boys in 2025. Peak: #872 in 1880 · most boys in one year: 55 (1990).
Fewer than five US boys were named Jessee in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for boys. Its best rank for boys was #872, reached in 1880. The most boys given the name in a single year was 55, in 1990. For comparison, it was #9,127 in 2015 and #3,175 in 1950.
Fewer than five US girls were named Jessee in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for girls. Its best rank for girls was #5,145, reached in 1989. The most girls given the name in a single year was 17, in 1995. For comparison, it was unranked (under five girls) in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Jessee in 110 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 6 babies. In all, 1,958 US babies have been given the name, 16% of them girls and 84% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1990s, with 519 babies named Jessee.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 44 US boys were named Jessee; the busiest of those years was 2019, with 8.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Jessie (281,367 babies since 1880), Jessi (7,874 babies since 1880) and Jessy (6,771 babies since 1880).
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Jessee in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #16,347 | — | — |
| 2022 | — | — | 7 | #10,286 |
| 2021 | — | — | 5 | #12,992 |
| 2020 | — | — | 6 | #11,228 |
| 2019 | — | — | 8 | #9,257 |
| 2018 | — | — | 5 | #13,063 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,911 | 6 | #11,399 |
| 2016 | — | — | 7 | #10,168 |
| 2015 | — | — | 8 | #9,127 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,724 | 5 | #12,960 |
| 2013 | — | — | 8 | #9,175 |
| 2012 | — | — | 7 | #10,205 |
| 2011 | — | — | 14 | #6,087 |
| 2010 | 5 | #18,239 | 14 | #6,191 |
| 2009 | — | — | 7 | #10,367 |
| 2008 | — | — | 15 | #5,909 |
| 2007 | 6 | #16,380 | 15 | #5,778 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,903 | 20 | #4,594 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,634 | 16 | #5,147 |
| 2004 | 9 | #11,110 | 24 | #3,795 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,330 | 26 | #3,482 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,856 | 10 | #6,766 |
| 2001 | 11 | #9,017 | 19 | #4,206 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,481 | 22 | #3,697 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,843 | 21 | #3,641 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,888 | 23 | #3,342 |
| 1997 | 11 | #8,003 | 29 | #2,712 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,187 | 33 | #2,402 |
| 1995 | 17 | #5,542 | 50 | #1,766 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,954 | 42 | #1,996 |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,800 | 43 | #1,917 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,740 | 51 | #1,685 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,628 | 50 | #1,662 |
| 1990 | 17 | #5,386 | 55 | #1,537 |
| 1989 | 17 | #5,145 | 42 | #1,813 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,727 | 39 | #1,781 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,630 | 31 | #1,993 |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,807 | 24 | #2,323 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,871 | 33 | #1,812 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,485 | 30 | #1,863 |
| 1983 | — | — | 29 | #1,879 |
| 1982 | 9 | #7,119 | 34 | #1,715 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,476 | 24 | #2,161 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,518 | 22 | #2,316 |
| 1979 | — | — | 16 | #2,837 |
| 1978 | — | — | 16 | #2,728 |
| 1977 | — | — | 18 | #2,507 |
| 1976 | — | — | 16 | #2,654 |
| 1975 | — | — | 25 | #1,914 |
| 1974 | — | — | 14 | #2,733 |
| 1973 | — | — | 11 | #3,117 |
| 1972 | — | — | 8 | #3,791 |
| 1971 | — | — | 12 | #2,892 |
| 1970 | — | — | 14 | #2,565 |
| 1969 | — | — | 9 | #3,189 |
| 1968 | — | — | 6 | #3,914 |
| 1967 | — | — | 5 | #4,240 |
| 1966 | — | — | 8 | #3,109 |
| 1964 | — | — | 9 | #2,957 |
| 1963 | — | — | 11 | #2,604 |
| 1962 | — | — | 7 | #3,458 |
| 1961 | — | — | 5 | #4,351 |
| 1960 | — | — | 7 | #3,491 |
| 1959 | — | — | 9 | #2,927 |
| 1958 | — | — | 5 | #4,220 |
| 1957 | — | — | 11 | #2,556 |
| 1956 | — | — | 12 | #2,430 |
| 1955 | — | — | 11 | #2,492 |
| 1954 | — | — | 8 | #3,059 |
| 1953 | — | — | 12 | #2,343 |
| 1952 | — | — | 9 | #2,777 |
| 1950 | — | — | 7 | #3,175 |
| 1948 | — | — | 7 | #3,157 |
| 1947 | — | — | 8 | #2,988 |
| 1944 | — | — | 12 | #2,126 |
| 1943 | — | — | 7 | #3,089 |
| 1942 | — | — | 10 | #2,455 |
| 1941 | — | — | 5 | #3,765 |
| 1940 | — | — | 9 | #2,577 |
| 1939 | — | — | 6 | #3,284 |
| 1938 | — | — | 10 | #2,400 |
| 1937 | — | — | 13 | #2,044 |
| 1935 | — | — | 8 | #2,821 |
| 1934 | — | — | 8 | #2,842 |
| 1933 | — | — | 7 | #3,146 |
| 1931 | — | — | 11 | #2,391 |
| 1930 | — | — | 5 | #4,273 |
| 1929 | — | — | 15 | #2,051 |
| 1928 | — | — | 15 | #2,104 |
| 1927 | — | — | 12 | #2,468 |
| 1926 | — | — | 14 | #2,253 |
| 1925 | 5 | #5,367 | 11 | #2,668 |
| 1924 | — | — | 11 | #2,740 |
| 1923 | — | — | 10 | #2,851 |
| 1922 | — | — | 21 | #1,728 |
| 1921 | — | — | 13 | #2,434 |
| 1920 | — | — | 14 | #2,281 |
| 1919 | — | — | 11 | #2,587 |
| 1918 | — | — | 15 | #2,114 |
| 1917 | — | — | 10 | #2,635 |
| 1916 | — | — | 5 | #4,204 |
| 1915 | — | — | 12 | #2,243 |
| 1914 | — | — | 9 | #2,361 |
| 1913 | — | — | 9 | #2,017 |
| 1910 | — | — | 5 | #1,719 |
| 1901 | — | — | 5 | #1,131 |
| 1892 | — | — | 6 | #1,019 |
| 1887 | — | — | 5 | #996 |
| 1884 | — | — | 5 | #1,052 |
| 1880 | — | — | 6 | #872 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).