Meaning not yet researched.
Jessie: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 330 in 2025. Its best rank was #35 in 1881.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #35 in 1881; #824 in 2025. About 72% of babies named Jessie in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#824 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1881, at #35.
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Jessie: US girls and boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 330 girls in 2025. Peak: #35 in 1881 · most girls in one year: 3,591 (1918).
In 2025, 330 US girls were named Jessie, making it the 824th most common girls’ name of the year, down 15 places from #809 in 2024. That is 18 fewer than the 348 girls named Jessie in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #35, reached in 1881. The most girls given the name in a single year was 3,591, in 1918. For comparison, it was #613 in 2015 and #245 in 1950.
In 2025, 126 US boys were named Jessie, making it the 1,431st most common boys’ name of the year, down 167 places from #1,264 in 2024. That is 30 fewer than the 156 boys named Jessie in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #69, reached in 1900. The most boys given the name in a single year was 1,591, in 1922. For comparison, it was #919 in 2015 and #202 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Jessie in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 789 babies with the name. In all, 281,367 US babies have been given the name, 60% of them girls and 40% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 44,086 babies named Jessie.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 3,912 US girls were named Jessie; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 460. In 2025 that was about 1 in 4,871 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Jessie ranked highest in Louisiana in 2025, at #358 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Jesse (444,920 babies since 1880), Jessy (6,771 babies since 1880), Jessi (7,874 babies since 1880) and Jessiah (2,634 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Jessey, Jessia and Jesi are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Jane, Janet and Jess.
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.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Jessey (1,216), Jessia (676), Jesi (600), Jessye (449), Jesscia (383), Jesie (64), Jissie (55), Jesee (44), Jesia (7), Jescie (5).
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.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 31 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | 13 | #358 | #951 |
| Arkansas | 7 | #454 | — |
| Kentucky | 8 | #530 | #589 |
| Alabama | 8 | #601 | #466 |
| Arizona | 11 | #606 | #448 |
| Florida | 29 | #607 | #957 |
| Tennessee | 12 | #625 | #638 |
| Texas | 50 | #626 | #532 |
| South Carolina | 7 | #639 | #813 |
| Massachusetts | 7 | #716 | #892 |
| California | 42 | #743 | #329 |
| Georgia | 12 | #821 | #849 |
| Washington | 7 | #851 | #799 |
| New Jersey | 8 | #886 | #1,262 |
| Pennsylvania | 10 | #890 | #1,315 |
| Ohio | 9 | #990 | #1,357 |
| Missouri | 5 | #994 | #582 |
| North Carolina | 9 | #1,011 | #1,028 |
| Illinois | 7 | #1,178 | #619 |
| New York | 6 | #1,931 | #596 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 330 | #824 | 126 | #1,431 |
| 2024 | 348 | #809 | 156 | #1,264 |
| 2023 | 355 | #796 | 136 | #1,373 |
| 2022 | 356 | #794 | 182 | #1,145 |
| 2021 | 356 | #795 | 146 | #1,299 |
| 2020 | 388 | #719 | 155 | #1,219 |
| 2019 | 417 | #692 | 194 | #1,055 |
| 2018 | 449 | #658 | 178 | #1,103 |
| 2017 | 453 | #657 | 216 | #961 |
| 2016 | 460 | #642 | 247 | #886 |
| 2015 | 471 | #613 | 233 | #919 |
| 2014 | 508 | #587 | 284 | #808 |
| 2013 | 479 | #595 | 323 | #723 |
| 2012 | 448 | #639 | 340 | #698 |
| 2011 | 408 | #689 | 333 | #696 |
| 2010 | 420 | #683 | 407 | #610 |
| 2009 | 425 | #687 | 460 | #575 |
| 2008 | 493 | #625 | 488 | #541 |
| 2007 | 499 | #603 | 533 | #497 |
| 2006 | 529 | #558 | 546 | #484 |
| 2005 | 507 | #567 | 590 | #443 |
| 2004 | 607 | #484 | 571 | #456 |
| 2003 | 618 | #477 | 627 | #410 |
| 2002 | 676 | #432 | 653 | #397 |
| 2001 | 611 | #454 | 593 | #419 |
| 2000 | 719 | #400 | 533 | #446 |
| 1999 | 740 | #385 | 581 | #408 |
| 1998 | 744 | #379 | 642 | #385 |
| 1997 | 846 | #338 | 753 | #342 |
| 1996 | 981 | #296 | 874 | #301 |
| 1995 | 1,138 | #249 | 903 | #294 |
| 1994 | 1,255 | #227 | 983 | #276 |
| 1993 | 1,108 | #250 | 1,083 | #265 |
| 1992 | 1,096 | #256 | 1,048 | #273 |
| 1991 | 1,116 | #249 | 1,176 | #242 |
| 1990 | 1,118 | #252 | 1,255 | #231 |
| 1989 | 1,147 | #240 | 1,133 | #235 |
| 1988 | 1,161 | #227 | 1,082 | #227 |
| 1987 | 1,223 | #215 | 1,162 | #214 |
| 1986 | 1,276 | #204 | 1,118 | #215 |
| 1985 | 1,111 | #234 | 1,131 | #213 |
| 1984 | 993 | #251 | 1,095 | #211 |
| 1983 | 889 | #269 | 1,161 | #205 |
| 1982 | 1,144 | #225 | 1,328 | #190 |
| 1981 | 1,209 | #219 | 1,253 | #196 |
| 1980 | 813 | #303 | 1,098 | #220 |
| 1979 | 720 | #326 | 1,024 | #223 |
| 1978 | 644 | #338 | 895 | #236 |
| 1977 | 484 | #420 | 933 | #231 |
| 1976 | 448 | #439 | 823 | #246 |
| 1975 | 392 | #473 | 772 | #257 |
| 1974 | 358 | #492 | 750 | #259 |
| 1973 | 352 | #495 | 753 | #258 |
| 1972 | 317 | #533 | 756 | #261 |
| 1971 | 359 | #517 | 757 | #278 |
| 1970 | 336 | #553 | 729 | #288 |
| 1969 | 324 | #549 | 773 | #267 |
| 1968 | 320 | #535 | 717 | #275 |
| 1967 | 373 | #495 | 797 | #252 |
| 1966 | 475 | #425 | 902 | #236 |
| 1965 | 474 | #433 | 874 | #252 |
| 1964 | 411 | #477 | 906 | #254 |
| 1963 | 400 | #485 | 904 | #254 |
| 1962 | 445 | #463 | 941 | #251 |
| 1961 | 470 | #450 | 951 | #253 |
| 1960 | 509 | #434 | 932 | #261 |
| 1959 | 585 | #392 | 960 | #258 |
| 1958 | 589 | #375 | 1,018 | #246 |
| 1957 | 634 | #360 | 1,066 | #233 |
| 1956 | 684 | #335 | 1,050 | #227 |
| 1955 | 747 | #313 | 963 | #230 |
| 1954 | 760 | #305 | 993 | #220 |
| 1953 | 900 | #276 | 1,070 | #208 |
| 1952 | 878 | #271 | 1,035 | #207 |
| 1951 | 940 | #249 | 989 | #206 |
| 1950 | 936 | #245 | 1,021 | #202 |
| 1949 | 1,030 | #231 | 1,023 | #200 |
| 1948 | 1,071 | #227 | 1,095 | #185 |
| 1947 | 1,157 | #219 | 1,051 | #195 |
| 1946 | 1,173 | #207 | 1,020 | #181 |
| 1945 | 1,107 | #185 | 940 | #175 |
| 1944 | 1,217 | #177 | 1,033 | #167 |
| 1943 | 1,313 | #177 | 1,100 | #166 |
| 1942 | 1,391 | #167 | 1,003 | #167 |
| 1941 | 1,355 | #165 | 1,038 | #162 |
| 1940 | 1,336 | #158 | 1,019 | #162 |
| 1939 | 1,396 | #155 | 1,058 | #154 |
| 1938 | 1,476 | #150 | 972 | #163 |
| 1937 | 1,550 | #144 | 1,042 | #148 |
| 1936 | 1,586 | #140 | 1,012 | #151 |
| 1935 | 1,619 | #135 | 1,104 | #140 |
| 1934 | 1,792 | #129 | 1,090 | #144 |
| 1933 | 1,808 | #127 | 1,079 | #143 |
| 1932 | 1,896 | #126 | 1,280 | #137 |
| 1931 | 1,930 | #122 | 1,267 | #135 |
| 1930 | 2,195 | #114 | 1,329 | #133 |
| 1929 | 2,258 | #110 | 1,330 | #129 |
| 1928 | 2,423 | #109 | 1,419 | #124 |
| 1927 | 2,858 | #95 | 1,459 | #124 |
| 1926 | 2,921 | #93 | 1,481 | #124 |
| 1925 | 2,951 | #97 | 1,467 | #123 |
| 1924 | 3,147 | #91 | 1,460 | #124 |
| 1923 | 2,995 | #94 | 1,483 | #119 |
| 1922 | 3,182 | #87 | 1,591 | #111 |
| 1921 | 3,225 | #91 | 1,517 | #117 |
| 1920 | 3,329 | #84 | 1,590 | #111 |
| 1919 | 3,530 | #75 | 1,473 | #109 |
| 1918 | 3,591 | #75 | 1,412 | #120 |
| 1917 | 3,465 | #70 | 1,361 | #114 |
| 1916 | 3,414 | #68 | 1,269 | #117 |
| 1915 | 3,356 | #66 | 1,240 | #114 |
| 1914 | 2,860 | #64 | 949 | #117 |
| 1913 | 2,475 | #61 | 758 | #114 |
| 1912 | 2,052 | #65 | 692 | #109 |
| 1911 | 1,550 | #66 | 500 | #79 |
| 1910 | 1,541 | #63 | 516 | #72 |
| 1909 | 1,321 | #63 | 432 | #73 |
| 1908 | 1,382 | #58 | 355 | #77 |
| 1907 | 1,314 | #60 | 386 | #71 |
| 1906 | 1,247 | #58 | 323 | #77 |
| 1905 | 1,315 | #57 | 338 | #74 |
| 1904 | 1,197 | #60 | 313 | #76 |
| 1903 | 1,202 | #55 | 280 | #78 |
| 1902 | 1,240 | #54 | 323 | #73 |
| 1901 | 1,116 | #55 | 231 | #85 |
| 1900 | 1,422 | #53 | 398 | #69 |
| 1899 | 1,081 | #54 | 261 | #70 |
| 1898 | 1,244 | #55 | 267 | #78 |
| 1897 | 1,191 | #52 | 234 | #79 |
| 1896 | 1,103 | #57 | 229 | #89 |
| 1895 | 1,300 | #48 | 245 | #79 |
| 1894 | 1,120 | #55 | 255 | #79 |
| 1893 | 1,216 | #48 | 214 | #85 |
| 1892 | 1,246 | #46 | 251 | #79 |
| 1891 | 1,119 | #48 | 227 | #75 |
| 1890 | 1,250 | #43 | 241 | #73 |
| 1889 | 1,196 | #43 | 207 | #86 |
| 1888 | 1,200 | #43 | 254 | #78 |
| 1887 | 1,012 | #41 | 182 | #86 |
| 1886 | 1,003 | #41 | 181 | #89 |
| 1885 | 952 | #40 | 202 | #81 |
| 1884 | 888 | #42 | 177 | #90 |
| 1883 | 834 | #40 | 151 | #89 |
| 1882 | 806 | #37 | 192 | #84 |
| 1881 | 661 | #35 | 143 | #91 |
| 1880 | 635 | #36 | 154 | #90 |
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).