Jesse

#2,458 for girls in 2025, 72 births · #184 for boys in 2025, 2,002 births
Given to boys 97.2% of the time

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Peak · boys
#26
1882 · 660 births
Debut · boys
1880
569 births
In top 100 · boys
92 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
432,428
since 1880

Jesse over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201943peak #26, 1882boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,45872#1842,002
2024#2,46273#1851,996
2023#2,46672#2021,828
2022#3,12352#1921,979
2021#2,53369#2031,908
2020#2,59765#2031,887
2019#2,81459#2001,979
2018#2,23882#1862,146
2017#2,38476#1862,106
2016#2,61767#1742,310
2015#2,64667#1782,357
2014#2,46973#1722,469
2013#2,53370#1562,571
2012#2,33680#1502,712
2011#2,29881#1402,973
2010#1,873108#1243,280
2009#1,934108#1123,688
2008#1,808120#1103,954
2007#1,815117#1074,130
2006#1,709122#1024,370
2005#1,290173#894,746
2004#1,225181#944,761
2003#1,227172#944,606
2002#1,107190#904,431
2001#1,087195#914,222
2000#805282#904,485
1999#649355#825,004
1998#791271#705,444
1997#792263#635,920
1996#725289#517,075
1995#607367#467,495
1994#621357#458,683
1993#662336#488,263
1992#693312#508,563
1991#651338#518,367
1990#648347#488,977
1989#652314#508,853
1988#624318#557,914
1987#604322#557,982
1986#564353#488,542
1985#654279#518,221
1984#621287#507,606
1983#669257#468,469
1982#590308#439,504
1981#517380#3710,443
1980#621293#458,374
1979#730227#506,679
1978#789191#516,107
1977#880163#545,823
1976#939136#555,300
1975#1,026117#644,435
1974#1,28483#674,105
1973#1,52761#753,442
1972#1,69852#883,226
1971#1,75451#1073,001
1970#1,73652#1192,768
1969#1,68551#1282,377
1968#2,29628#1352,147
1967#2,16730#1352,186
1966#1,82739#1322,316
1965#2,60522#1392,212
1964#2,19530#1512,185
1963#2,13131#1492,229
1962#2,21029#1492,273
1961#1,92136#1502,306
1960#1,95334#1502,374
1959#3,10415#1422,440
1958#2,50621#1412,490
1957#2,21825#1332,737
1956#2,19425#1262,626
1955#2,10826#1222,786
1954#2,12225#1192,760
1953#1,93128#1142,818
1952#1,61136#1122,721
1951#1,55537#1152,670
1950#1,79428#1142,607
1949#2,21220#1102,704
1948#2,12621#1082,705
1947#1,86327#1072,751
1946#2,59714#1092,468
1945#1,82521#1042,186
1944#1,80822#1032,310
1943#1,75124#1052,427
1942#1,70624#1002,396
1941#2,01817#992,184
1940#1,54925#932,205
1939#1,42427#992,010
1938#1,38229#1071,912
1937#1,78419#1021,866
1936#1,74119#1041,827
1935#1,35629#1041,865
1934#1,55623#1021,853
1933#1,51324#1001,804
1932#1,32031#991,863
1931#1,22735#971,895
1930#1,46028#942,035
1929#1,13742#932,030
1928#1,19141#912,171
1927#1,13945#892,318
1926#1,02353#872,298
1925#1,05052#852,373
1924#1,04655#862,292
1923#1,30536#832,387
1922#1,34235#812,395
1921#1,13645#772,486
1920#1,28236#792,420
1919#1,04248#772,356
1918#96056#782,433
1917#1,50725#792,200
1916#1,29831#772,230
1915#1,01243#772,111
1914#1,19926#821,457
1913#96131#791,214
1912#97827#741,106
1911#1,11316#72596
1910#1,42111#60590
1909#96118#59517
1908#1,5478#62482
1907#1,28910#63466
1906#96515#57436
1905#76123#54443
1904#1,05012#53443
1903#86216#57388
1902#90315#50437
1901#91813#49411
1900#1,23110#50536
1899#79117#47423
1898#88615#47476
1897#1,03710#38529
1896#84315#35586
1895#98611#35577
1894#95011#38567
1893#86512#36541
1892#79614#35602
1891#83911#35519
1890#87210#33576
1889#68714#31576
1888#75312#32637
1887#73310#26601
1886#9936#29614
1885#55715#31556
1884#55614#27670
1883#8176#28584
1882#9085#26660
1881#8305#27536
1880#8365#28569
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Jesse was already there! It came in at #28, and was given to 569 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1897–1909, when fewer than 540 boys a year got the name.

Where Jesse is popular in 1943

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Jesse, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Jesse, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Jesse, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Jesse, so not publishedNHWashington: #289 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,024 boysWAIdaho: #185 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,051 boysIDMontana: #119 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 657 boysMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Jesse, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #289 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,428 boysMNIllinois: #129 for boys · 76 births · 1 in 960 boysILWisconsin: #187 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 2,117 boysWIMichigan: #184 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 1,776 boysMINew York: #187 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 2,346 boysNYMassachusetts: #203 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 4,095 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Jesse, so not publishedRIOregon: #215 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,927 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Jesse, so not publishedNVWyoming: #98 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 430 boysWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Jesse, so not publishedSDIowa: #237 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 2,478 boysIAIndiana: #129 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 815 boysINOhio: #176 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 1,741 boysOHPennsylvania: #129 for boys · 75 births · 1 in 1,245 boysPANew Jersey: #155 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 1,973 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Jesse, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #112 for boys · 126 births · 1 in 649 boysCAUtah: #197 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,293 boysUTColorado: #109 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 528 boysCONebraska: #164 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 1,028 boysNEMissouri: #97 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 568 boysMOKentucky: #63 for boys · 98 births · 1 in 302 boysKYWest Virginia: #105 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 576 boysWVVirginia: #76 for boys · 80 births · 1 in 382 boysVAMaryland: #128 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 892 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Jesse, so not publishedDEArizona: #88 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 370 boysAZNew Mexico: #88 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 321 boysNMKansas: #170 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 1,153 boysKSArkansas: #48 for boys · 88 births · 1 in 239 boysARTennessee: #62 for boys · 107 births · 1 in 309 boysTNNorth Carolina: #41 for boys · 200 births · 1 in 218 boysNCSouth Carolina: #62 for boys · 85 births · 1 in 288 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #110 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 694 boysDCOklahoma: #80 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 370 boysOKLouisiana: #77 for boys · 81 births · 1 in 335 boysLAMississippi: #47 for boys · 110 births · 1 in 226 boysMSAlabama: #40 for boys · 166 births · 1 in 206 boysALGeorgia: #56 for boys · 134 births · 1 in 274 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Jesse, so not publishedHITexas: #38 for boys · 389 births · 1 in 200 boysTXFlorida: #80 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 397 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Texas#38 · 1 in 200
  2. Alabama#40 · 1 in 206
  3. North Carolina#41 · 1 in 218
  4. Mississippi#47 · 1 in 226
  5. Arkansas#48 · 1 in 239

Best ever in a state: #9 in South Dakota, 1981.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Texas#383891 in 200
Alabama#401661 in 206
North Carolina#412001 in 218
Mississippi#471101 in 226
Arkansas#48881 in 239
Georgia#561341 in 274
South Carolina#62851 in 288
Tennessee#621071 in 309
Kentucky#63981 in 302
Virginia#76801 in 382
Louisiana#77811 in 335
Florida#80551 in 397
Oklahoma#80611 in 370
Arizona#88191 in 370
New Mexico#88201 in 321
Missouri#97611 in 568
Wyoming#9851 in 430
West Virginia#105351 in 576
Colorado#109211 in 528
District of Columbia#110141 in 694
California#1121261 in 649
Montana#11971 in 657
Maryland#128221 in 892
Illinois#129761 in 960
Indiana#129421 in 815
Pennsylvania#129751 in 1,245
New Jersey#155191 in 1,973
Nebraska#164111 in 1,028
Kansas#170141 in 1,153
Ohio#176391 in 1,741
Michigan#184331 in 1,776
Idaho#18551 in 1,051
New York#187511 in 2,346
Wisconsin#187141 in 2,117
Utah#19761 in 1,293
Massachusetts#203101 in 4,095
Oregon#21561 in 1,927
Iowa#23791 in 2,478
Minnesota#28961 in 4,428
Washington#28951 in 4,024
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Connecticut———
Delaware———
Hawaii———
Maine———
Nevada———
New Hampshire———
North Dakota———
Rhode Island———
South Dakota———
Vermont———

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Jesse
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 1 spot since 2024 (#185 → #184)
  • 19 spots since 2020 (#203 → #184)
  • 6 spots since 2015 (#178 → #184)
  • Biggest jump: 19 spots in 1972 (#107 → #88)
  • Biggest drop: 16 spots in 2011 (#124 → #140)
Rise & fade · boys
2 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1882 at #26 (660 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 92 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 92 yrs · run 1880–1933
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 169
  • Highest: 1 in 169 boys born in 1887 were named Jesse (0.59%)
  • Latest: 1 in 853 boys born in 2025 (0.12%)
  • Its best rank, #26 in 1882, was only 1 in 172 (0.58%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1980s
  • 19.9% of all boys named Jesse (85,908) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s6,003#26 (1882)#29
1890s5,396#33 (1890)#38
1900s4,559#49 (1901)#55
1910s16,293#60 (1910)#76
1920s23,170#77 (1921)#85
1930s18,930#94 (1930)#101
1940s24,336#93 (1940)#104
1950s26,655#112 (1952)#124
1960s22,605#128 (1969)#142
1970s44,886#50 (1979)#73
1980s85,908#37 (1981)#48
1990s73,791#45 (1994)#55
2000s43,393#89 (2005)#98
2010s24,903#124 (2010)#167
2020s11,600#184 (2025)#195

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.

Jesse in 1943

girls
#1,751
24 births · 1 in 58,137 girls
boys
#105
2,427 births · 1 in 588 boys

Top girls' names in 1943

  1. #1Mary66,174
  2. #2Barbara43,432
  3. #3Patricia39,620
  4. #4Linda38,439
  5. #5Carol31,686
  6. #6Sandra25,990
  7. #7Judith25,214
  8. #8Sharon24,712
  9. #9Nancy23,988
  10. #10Betty21,596
  11. #1,751Jesse24

Top boys' names in 1943

  1. #1James80,278
  2. #2Robert74,892
  3. #3John68,929
  4. #4William55,904
  5. #5Richard46,339
  6. #6David37,240
  7. #7Charles36,632
  8. #8Thomas32,874
  9. #9Ronald29,239
  10. #10Michael24,745
  11. #105Jesse2,427
More about 1943

girls

1,395,293 girls got a published name in 1943; 1 in 58,137 of them was named Jesse, which outranked 67.4% of the 5,367 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jesse
  1. #1,703Sherley25
  2. #1,703Wilhelmenia25
  3. #1,703Zula25
  4. #1,751Jesse24
  5. #1,751Adriana24
  6. #1,751Albina24
  7. #1,751Alix24
  8. #1,791Alean23
  9. #1,791Alida23
  10. #1,791Annell23

Tied with 39 names at #1,751; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1942
Risers
  1. ↑ 878Tana#1,559 → #681
  2. ↑ 754Rozanne#1,706 → #952
  3. ↑ 722Cheryle#1,592 → #870
  4. ↑ 596Tena#1,592 → #996
  5. ↑ 525Alexis#1,349 → #824
Fallers
  1. ↓ 594Florida#997 → #1,591
  2. ↓ 467Jerilynn#581 → #1,048
  3. ↓ 364Lorelei#864 → #1,228
  4. ↓ 308Kaaren#536 → #844
  5. ↓ 305Erna#864 → #1,169

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

boys

1,427,297 boys got a published name in 1943; 1 in 588 of them was named Jesse, which outranked 97.4% of the 4,040 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jesse
  1. #102Warren2,480
  2. #103Leon2,451
  3. #104Lloyd2,443
  4. #105Jesse2,427
  5. #106Vincent2,420
  6. #107Edwin2,388
  7. #108Keith2,382
Biggest movers since 1942
Risers
  1. ↑ 514Derek#1,228 → #714
  2. ↑ 465Armond#1,421 → #956
  3. ↑ 368Les#1,214 → #846
  4. ↑ 347Aron#1,244 → #897
  5. ↑ 321Edsel#1,167 → #846
Fallers
  1. ↓ 500Humberto#780 → #1,280
  2. ↓ 352Chauncey#928 → #1,280
  3. ↓ 352Clearence#991 → #1,343
  4. ↓ 344Macarthur#512 → #856
  5. ↓ 325Reyes#933 → #1,258

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

See the top 100 for 1943 →