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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020202006peak #26, 1882boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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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 2006

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #75 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 223 boysAKMaine: #150 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 612 boysMEVermont: #128 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 418 boysVTNew Hampshire: #150 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 607 boysNHWashington: #94 for boys · 105 births · 1 in 346 boysWAIdaho: #160 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 569 boysIDMontana: #120 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 362 boysMTNorth Dakota: #158 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 573 boysNDMinnesota: #134 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 580 boysMNIllinois: #124 for boys · 139 births · 1 in 554 boysILWisconsin: #111 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 427 boysWIMichigan: #107 for boys · 114 births · 1 in 475 boysMINew York: #132 for boys · 164 births · 1 in 668 boysNYMassachusetts: #131 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 645 boysMARhode Island: #116 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 484 boysRIOregon: #103 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 370 boysORNevada: #73 for boys · 60 births · 1 in 260 boysNVWyoming: #84 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 219 boysWYSouth Dakota: #68 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 212 boysSDIowa: #107 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 368 boysIAIndiana: #88 for boys · 113 births · 1 in 343 boysINOhio: #108 for boys · 148 births · 1 in 449 boysOHPennsylvania: #117 for boys · 119 births · 1 in 542 boysPANew Jersey: #138 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 724 boysNJConnecticut: #122 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 543 boysCTCalifornia: #71 for boys · 868 births · 1 in 300 boysCAUtah: #146 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 518 boysUTColorado: #106 for boys · 78 births · 1 in 388 boysCONebraska: #100 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 343 boysNEMissouri: #101 for boys · 95 births · 1 in 368 boysMOKentucky: #92 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 329 boysKYWest Virginia: #123 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 487 boysWVVirginia: #117 for boys · 83 births · 1 in 530 boysVAMaryland: #152 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 700 boysMDDelaware: #133 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 494 boysDEArizona: #80 for boys · 151 births · 1 in 300 boysAZNew Mexico: #131 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 474 boysNMKansas: #95 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 324 boysKSArkansas: #91 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 340 boysARTennessee: #88 for boys · 106 births · 1 in 353 boysTNNorth Carolina: #105 for boys · 123 births · 1 in 443 boysNCSouth Carolina: #111 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 462 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #234 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 934 boysDCOklahoma: #84 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 299 boysOKLouisiana: #204 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 930 boysLAMississippi: #109 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 486 boysMSAlabama: #113 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 451 boysALGeorgia: #102 for boys · 146 births · 1 in 428 boysGAHawaii: #134 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 464 boysHITexas: #92 for boys · 492 births · 1 in 379 boysTXFlorida: #115 for boys · 190 births · 1 in 544 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. South Dakota#68 · 1 in 212
  2. California#71 · 1 in 300
  3. Nevada#73 · 1 in 260
  4. Alaska#75 · 1 in 223
  5. Arizona#80 · 1 in 300

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
South Dakota#68201 in 212
California#718681 in 300
Nevada#73601 in 260
Alaska#75151 in 223
Arizona#801511 in 300
Oklahoma#84721 in 299
Wyoming#84101 in 219
Indiana#881131 in 343
Tennessee#881061 in 353
Arkansas#91461 in 340
Kentucky#92731 in 329
Texas#924921 in 379
Washington#941051 in 346
Kansas#95521 in 324
Nebraska#100311 in 343
Missouri#101951 in 368
Georgia#1021461 in 428
Oregon#103551 in 370
North Carolina#1051231 in 443
Colorado#106781 in 388
Iowa#107461 in 368
Michigan#1071141 in 475
Ohio#1081481 in 449
Mississippi#109331 in 486
South Carolina#111491 in 462
Wisconsin#111701 in 427
Alabama#113561 in 451
Florida#1151901 in 544
Rhode Island#116101 in 484
Pennsylvania#1171191 in 542
Virginia#117831 in 530
Montana#120121 in 362
Connecticut#122311 in 543
West Virginia#123181 in 487
Illinois#1241391 in 554
Vermont#12851 in 418
Massachusetts#131511 in 645
New Mexico#131241 in 474
New York#1321641 in 668
Delaware#13381 in 494
Hawaii#134111 in 464
Minnesota#134531 in 580
New Jersey#138651 in 724
Utah#146451 in 518
Maine#15091 in 612
New Hampshire#15091 in 607
Maryland#152431 in 700
North Dakota#15861 in 573
Idaho#160161 in 569
Louisiana#204271 in 930
District of Columbia#23451 in 934

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 2006

girls
#1,709
122 births · 1 in 15,584 girls
boys
#102
4,370 births · 1 in 470 boys

Top girls' names in 2006

  1. #1Emily21,412
  2. #2Emma19,133
  3. #3Madison18,635
  4. #4Isabella18,231
  5. #5Ava16,941
  6. #6Abigail15,633
  7. #7Olivia15,508
  8. #8Hannah14,556
  9. #9Sophia13,503
  10. #10Samantha12,470
  11. #1,709Jesse122

Top boys' names in 2006

  1. #1Jacob24,871
  2. #2Michael22,653
  3. #3Joshua22,336
  4. #4Ethan20,522
  5. #5Matthew20,339
  6. #6Daniel20,082
  7. #7Andrew19,733
  8. #8Christopher19,688
  9. #9Anthony19,413
  10. #10William18,965
  11. #102Jesse4,370
More about 2006

girls

1,901,209 girls got a published name in 2006; 1 in 15,584 of them was named Jesse, which outranked 91.5% of the 20,064 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jesse
  1. #1,702Raylee123
  2. #1,702Vianney123
  3. #1,702Yoselyn123
  4. #1,709Jesse122
  5. #1,709Anja122
  6. #1,709Audrianna122
  7. #1,709Janna122
  8. #1,722Abbigale121
  9. #1,722Abriana121
  10. #1,722Antoinette121

Tied with 12 names at #1,709; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2005
Risers
  1. ↑ 8,571Bethzy#9,452 → #881
  2. ↑ 1,747Rihanna#2,278 → #531
  3. ↑ 965Yaretzi#1,803 → #838
  4. ↑ 921Betsy#1,668 → #747
  5. ↑ 612Evangeline#1,210 → #598
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,134Mikalah#806 → #2,940
  2. ↓ 1,275Jolette#954 → #2,229
  3. ↓ 756Karol#818 → #1,574
  4. ↓ 446Litzy#388 → #834
  5. ↓ 305Devon#963 → #1,268

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

boys

2,055,273 boys got a published name in 2006; 1 in 470 of them was named Jesse, which outranked 99.3% of the 14,047 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jesse
  1. #99Richard4,469
  2. #100Devin4,451
  3. #101Riley4,396
  4. #102Jesse4,370
  5. #103Seth4,328
  6. #104Victor4,312
  7. #105Cody4,106
Biggest movers since 2005
Risers
  1. ↑ 792Bode#1,648 → #856
  2. ↑ 790Talen#1,691 → #901
  3. ↑ 677Kingston#1,603 → #926
  4. ↑ 634Imanol#1,619 → #985
  5. ↑ 590Yandel#1,266 → #676
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,208Baby#945 → #3,153
  2. ↓ 609Kanye#892 → #1,501
  3. ↓ 442Amarion#628 → #1,070
  4. ↓ 308Omarion#420 → #728
  5. ↓ 224Johnpaul#739 → #963

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

See the top 100 for 2006 →