Jessee
- Last seen for girls in 2024 at #15,293
- Last seen for boys in 2022 at #9,823
- Given to boys 84.0% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1880 · 6 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,645since 1880
Jessee over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | #15,293 | 5 | — | |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | #9,823 | 7 | |
| 2021 | — | #12,146 | 5 | |
| 2020 | — | #10,605 | 6 | |
| 2019 | — | #8,889 | 8 | |
| 2018 | — | #12,156 | 5 | |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 | #10,775 | 6 |
| 2016 | — | #9,664 | 7 | |
| 2015 | — | #8,744 | 8 | |
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 | #12,108 | 5 |
| 2013 | — | #8,789 | 8 | |
| 2012 | — | #9,709 | 7 | |
| 2011 | — | #5,945 | 14 | |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | #6,036 | 14 |
| 2009 | — | #9,864 | 7 | |
| 2008 | — | #5,767 | 15 | |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 | #5,661 | 15 |
| 2006 | #12,420 | 8 | #4,520 | 20 |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 | #5,034 | 16 |
| 2004 | #10,690 | 9 | #3,735 | 24 |
| 2003 | #9,048 | 11 | #3,443 | 26 |
| 2002 | #6,698 | 16 | #6,522 | 10 |
| 2001 | #8,758 | 11 | #4,121 | 19 |
| 2000 | #9,163 | 10 | #3,640 | 22 |
| 1999 | #9,479 | 9 | #3,591 | 21 |
| 1998 | #8,584 | 10 | #3,296 | 23 |
| 1997 | #7,742 | 11 | #2,680 | 29 |
| 1996 | #6,064 | 15 | #2,380 | 33 |
| 1995 | #5,439 | 17 | #1,758 | 50 |
| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 | #1,977 | 42 |
| 1993 | #6,622 | 13 | #1,907 | 43 |
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 | #1,677 | 51 |
| 1991 | #7,430 | 11 | #1,652 | 50 |
| 1990 | #5,286 | 17 | #1,530 | 55 |
| 1989 | #5,049 | 17 | #1,793 | 42 |
| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 | #1,768 | 39 |
| 1987 | #7,353 | 9 | #1,974 | 31 |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 | #2,290 | 24 |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 | #1,794 | 33 |
| 1984 | #6,291 | 10 | #1,842 | 30 |
| 1983 | — | #1,864 | 29 | |
| 1982 | #6,888 | 9 | #1,700 | 34 |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 | #2,138 | 24 |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 | #2,284 | 22 |
| 1979 | — | #2,777 | 16 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,669 | 16 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,458 | 18 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,601 | 16 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,884 | 25 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,674 | 14 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,013 | 11 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,622 | 8 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,813 | 12 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,509 | 14 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,062 | 9 | |
| 1968 | — | #3,673 | 6 | |
| 1967 | — | #3,966 | 5 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,986 | 8 | |
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | — | #2,854 | 9 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,539 | 11 | |
| 1962 | — | #3,305 | 7 | |
| 1961 | — | #4,065 | 5 | |
| 1960 | — | #3,337 | 7 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,821 | 9 | |
| 1958 | — | #3,944 | 5 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,494 | 11 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,361 | 12 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,435 | 11 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,942 | 8 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,287 | 12 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,680 | 9 | |
| 1951 | — | — | ||
| 1950 | — | #3,021 | 7 | |
| 1949 | — | — | ||
| 1948 | — | #3,010 | 7 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,862 | 8 | |
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | — | #2,080 | 12 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,964 | 7 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,386 | 10 | |
| 1941 | — | #3,505 | 5 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,478 | 9 | |
| 1939 | — | #3,113 | 6 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,326 | 10 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,992 | 13 | |
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | — | #2,719 | 8 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,742 | 8 | |
| 1933 | — | #3,004 | 7 | |
| 1932 | — | — | ||
| 1931 | — | #2,328 | 11 | |
| 1930 | — | #4,001 | 5 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,002 | 15 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,048 | 15 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,408 | 12 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,186 | 14 | |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 | #2,588 | 11 |
| 1924 | — | #2,641 | 11 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,772 | 10 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,695 | 21 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,376 | 13 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,231 | 14 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,511 | 11 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,073 | 15 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,562 | 10 | |
| 1916 | — | #3,897 | 5 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,184 | 12 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,271 | 9 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,945 | 9 | |
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | #1,589 | 5 | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | #1,058 | 5 | |
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | #956 | 6 | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | #921 | 5 | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | #971 | 5 | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | #809 | 6 | |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Jessee was already there! It came in at #809, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1891, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Jessee is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Jessee in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Jessee
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #809 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1881, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · 1880–1892
Share of babies · boys
1 in 18,415
- Highest: 1 in 18,415 boys born in 1880 were named Jessee (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 249,430 boys born in 2022 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 24.1% of all boys named Jessee (397) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2024
- Mostly boys until 2023, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 16 | #809 (1880) | #900 |
| 1890s | 6 | #956 (1892) | #956 |
| 1900s | 5 | #1,058 (1901) | #1,058 |
| 1910s | 76 | #1,589 (1910) | #2,379 |
| 1920s | 136 | #1,695 (1922) | #2,295 |
| 1930s | 68 | #1,992 (1937) | #2,778 |
| 1940s | 58 | #2,080 (1944) | #2,755 |
| 1950s | 84 | #2,287 (1953) | #2,776 |
| 1960s | 67 | #2,539 (1963) | #3,310 |
| 1970s | 150 | #1,884 (1975) | #2,702 |
| 1980s | 308 | #1,700 (1982) | #1,945 |
| 1990s | 397 | #1,530 (1990) | #2,245 |
| 2000s | 174 | #3,443 (2003) | #5,231 |
| 2010s | 82 | #5,945 (2011) | #9,282 |
| 2020s | 18 | #9,823 (2022) | #10,858 |
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.
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