Jesselyn

Peak · girls
1989 · 30 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
543
since 1918

Jesselyn over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Jesselyn has never cracked the top 3,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #3,402, 1989girls
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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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Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#10,1079
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2021#13,4646
2020#11,0908
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2018#15,6825
2017#9,94310
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2015#10,8669
2014#9,51711
2013#11,0009
2012#9,71111
2011#7,78315
2010#12,2768
2009#9,37912
2008#9,47612
2007#8,52014
2006#8,23714
2005#8,88312
2004#14,1796
2003#5,58621
2002#9,48210
2001#8,19612
2000#6,48716
1999#6,48415
1998#7,53212
1997#4,50823
1996#5,53117
1995#5,95815
1994#5,71316
1993#4,52422
1992#5,48417
1991#6,25314
1990#3,52330
1989#3,40230
1988#4,49619
1987#7,3539
1986#10,9125
1985#5,34813
1984#7,3988
1983#10,2755
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1977#9,6525
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First appearance
1918

The first year at least five girls were named Jesselyn! It came in at #4,809, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1918–1970, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Jesselyn is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Jesselyn in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Jesselyn
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 983 spots since 2020 (#11,090 → #10,107)
  • 759 spots since 2015 (#10,866 → #10,107)
Rise & fade · girls
71 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1918
  • Peaked 1989 at #3,402 (30 births)
  • Births halved by 1991, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 61,452
  • Highest: 1 in 61,452 girls born in 1989 were named Jesselyn (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 178,585 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 33.3% of all girls named Jesselyn (181) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s5#4,809 (1918)#4,809
1920s0——
1930s5#4,181 (1936)#4,181
1940s0——
1950s0——
1960s5#6,804 (1967)#6,804
1970s23#6,619 (1971)#8,207
1980s94#3,402 (1989)#7,447
1990s181#3,523 (1990)#5,551
2000s129#5,586 (2003)#8,843
2010s78#7,783 (2011)#10,847
2020s23#10,107 (2025)#11,554

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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