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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201971peak #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 1971

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #135 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 637 boysAKMaine: #177 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,339 boysMEVermont: #65 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 300 boysVTNew Hampshire: #91 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 573 boysNHWashington: #85 for boys · 60 births · 1 in 422 boysWAIdaho: #81 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 346 boysIDMontana: #81 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 343 boysMTNorth Dakota: #137 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 804 boysNDMinnesota: #69 for boys · 92 births · 1 in 323 boysMNIllinois: #117 for boys · 133 births · 1 in 684 boysILWisconsin: #78 for boys · 79 births · 1 in 429 boysWIMichigan: #129 for boys · 98 births · 1 in 781 boysMINew York: #141 for boys · 151 births · 1 in 908 boysNYMassachusetts: #86 for boys · 69 births · 1 in 617 boysMARhode Island: #146 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,346 boysRIOregon: #77 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 412 boysORNevada: #88 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 374 boysNVWyoming: #111 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 466 boysWYSouth Dakota: #78 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 324 boysSDIowa: #125 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 768 boysIAIndiana: #147 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 1,042 boysINOhio: #118 for boys · 123 births · 1 in 749 boysOHPennsylvania: #109 for boys · 129 births · 1 in 685 boysPANew Jersey: #139 for boys · 54 births · 1 in 956 boysNJConnecticut: #105 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 711 boysCTCalifornia: #63 for boys · 472 births · 1 in 342 boysCAUtah: #105 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 500 boysUTColorado: #70 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 340 boysCONebraska: #110 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 574 boysNEMissouri: #136 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 797 boysMOKentucky: #117 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 728 boysKYWest Virginia: #134 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 850 boysWVVirginia: #117 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 644 boysVAMaryland: #121 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 679 boysMDDelaware: #83 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 472 boysDEArizona: #82 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 363 boysAZNew Mexico: #82 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 344 boysNMKansas: #114 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 564 boysKSArkansas: #125 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 664 boysARTennessee: #138 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 768 boysTNNorth Carolina: #112 for boys · 77 births · 1 in 578 boysNCSouth Carolina: #154 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 867 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #129 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 674 boysDCOklahoma: #127 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 674 boysOKLouisiana: #167 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 827 boysLAMississippi: #131 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 646 boysMSAlabama: #147 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 815 boysALGeorgia: #131 for boys · 64 births · 1 in 685 boysGAHawaii: #86 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 367 boysHITexas: #58 for boys · 405 births · 1 in 282 boysTXFlorida: #150 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 803 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Texas#58 · 1 in 282
  2. California#63 · 1 in 342
  3. Vermont#65 · 1 in 300
  4. Minnesota#69 · 1 in 323
  5. Colorado#70 · 1 in 340

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Texas#584051 in 282
California#634721 in 342
Vermont#65111 in 300
Minnesota#69921 in 323
Colorado#70561 in 340
Oregon#77381 in 412
South Dakota#78151 in 324
Wisconsin#78791 in 429
Idaho#81171 in 346
Montana#81151 in 343
Arizona#82481 in 363
New Mexico#82281 in 344
Delaware#8391 in 472
Washington#85601 in 422
Hawaii#86171 in 367
Massachusetts#86691 in 617
Nevada#88101 in 374
New Hampshire#91101 in 573
Connecticut#105291 in 711
Utah#105251 in 500
Pennsylvania#1091291 in 685
Nebraska#110201 in 574
Wyoming#11151 in 466
North Carolina#112771 in 578
Kansas#114281 in 564
Illinois#1171331 in 684
Kentucky#117401 in 728
Virginia#117571 in 644
Ohio#1181231 in 749
Maryland#121391 in 679
Arkansas#125241 in 664
Iowa#125281 in 768
Oklahoma#127301 in 674
District of Columbia#129161 in 674
Michigan#129981 in 781
Georgia#131641 in 685
Mississippi#131331 in 646
West Virginia#134171 in 850
Alaska#13551 in 637
Missouri#136481 in 797
North Dakota#13761 in 804
Tennessee#138451 in 768
New Jersey#139541 in 956
New York#1411511 in 908
Rhode Island#14651 in 1,346
Alabama#147371 in 815
Indiana#147441 in 1,042
Florida#150671 in 803
South Carolina#154271 in 867
Louisiana#167401 in 827
Maine#17761 in 1,339

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 1971

girls
#1,754
51 births · 1 in 32,624 girls
boys
#107
3,001 births · 1 in 589 boys

Top girls' names in 1971

  1. #1Jennifer56,771
  2. #2Michelle33,160
  3. #3Lisa32,907
  4. #4Kimberly30,708
  5. #5Amy26,237
  6. #6Angela25,901
  7. #7Melissa23,875
  8. #8Tammy17,656
  9. #9Mary16,703
  10. #10Julie15,322
  11. #1,754Jesse51

Top boys' names in 1971

  1. #1Michael77,577
  2. #2James54,597
  3. #3David53,113
  4. #4John51,512
  5. #5Robert50,634
  6. #6Christopher48,225
  7. #7William35,413
  8. #8Jason34,173
  9. #9Brian32,624
  10. #10Scott30,901
  11. #107Jesse3,001
More about 1971

girls

1,663,823 girls got a published name in 1971; 1 in 32,624 of them was named Jesse, which outranked 81.8% of the 9,645 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jesse
  1. #1,730Sherrell52
  2. #1,730Tambra52
  3. #1,730Theodora52
  4. #1,754Jesse51
  5. #1,754Angle51
  6. #1,754Ariana51
  7. #1,754Chad51
  8. #1,772Adelina50
  9. #1,772Caterina50
  10. #1,772Cathie50

Tied with 17 names at #1,754; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1970
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,115Yesenia#2,522 → #407
  2. ↑ 1,431Shayla#2,267 → #836
  3. ↑ 853Ebony#1,681 → #828
  4. ↑ 749Consuela#1,706 → #957
  5. ↑ 510Candida#1,196 → #686
Fallers
  1. ↓ 572Sebrina#916 → #1,488
  2. ↓ 382Janene#684 → #1,066
  3. ↓ 375Treena#989 → #1,364
  4. ↓ 356Tisa#910 → #1,266
  5. ↓ 351Shaun#929 → #1,280

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

boys

1,768,447 boys got a published name in 1971; 1 in 589 of them was named Jesse, which outranked 98.1% of the 5,655 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jesse
  1. #104Nathan3,047
  2. #105Martin3,022
  3. #106Shannon3,008
  4. #107Jesse3,001
  5. #108Bruce2,973
  6. #108Frederick2,973
  7. #110Antonio2,962
Biggest movers since 1970
Risers
  1. ↑ 754Germaine#1,582 → #828
  2. ↑ 626Jeramie#1,546 → #920
  3. ↑ 512Jeremey#1,396 → #884
  4. ↑ 473Jarod#1,337 → #864
  5. ↑ 454Jamel#1,374 → #920
Fallers
  1. ↓ 328Adolph#926 → #1,254
  2. ↓ 272Dwane#1,000 → #1,272
  3. ↓ 266Bronson#861 → #1,127
  4. ↓ 244Mitch#921 → #1,165
  5. ↓ 242Enrico#839 → #1,081

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

See the top 100 for 1971 →