Jessey
- Last seen for girls in 2018 at #13,793
- #9,714 for boys in 2025, 7 births
- Given to boys 76.4% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1994 · 48 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 929since 1920
Jessey 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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #9,714 | 7 | |
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | #9,823 | 7 | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | #12,022 | 5 | |
| 2019 | — | #8,889 | 8 | |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 | #8,154 | 9 |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | #9,696 | 7 |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | — | |
| 2015 | — | #8,040 | 9 | |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 | — | |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | #8,118 | 9 |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | #7,009 | 11 |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | #5,251 | 17 |
| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 | #4,582 | 21 |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | #5,067 | 18 |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 | #5,434 | 16 |
| 2006 | #12,420 | 8 | #8,732 | 8 |
| 2005 | #11,834 | 8 | #5,875 | 13 |
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 | #5,492 | 14 |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 | #7,831 | 8 |
| 2002 | #7,045 | 15 | #3,794 | 22 |
| 2001 | #8,758 | 11 | #4,676 | 16 |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 | #3,640 | 22 |
| 1999 | #8,223 | 11 | #6,042 | 10 |
| 1998 | #8,584 | 10 | #3,296 | 23 |
| 1997 | #8,334 | 10 | #3,261 | 22 |
| 1996 | #6,723 | 13 | #2,838 | 26 |
| 1995 | #7,041 | 12 | #2,210 | 36 |
| 1994 | #7,097 | 12 | #1,795 | 48 |
| 1993 | #5,419 | 17 | #2,209 | 35 |
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 | #2,253 | 33 |
| 1991 | #7,987 | 10 | #1,895 | 41 |
| 1990 | #6,867 | 12 | #1,840 | 42 |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | #1,831 | 41 |
| 1988 | #7,691 | 9 | #2,682 | 21 |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 | #2,468 | 22 |
| 1986 | — | #2,429 | 22 | |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | #2,171 | 25 |
| 1984 | — | #2,437 | 20 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,272 | 22 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,831 | 16 | |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 | #2,270 | 22 |
| 1980 | — | #2,729 | 17 | |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | #3,569 | 11 |
| 1978 | #7,649 | 7 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | — | #4,582 | 7 | |
| 1976 | — | #3,264 | 11 | |
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | — | #3,120 | 11 | |
| 1973 | — | #5,101 | 5 | |
| 1972 | — | #4,441 | 6 | |
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| 1970 | — | #4,230 | 6 | |
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| 1965 | — | #3,244 | 7 | |
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| 1961 | — | #4,065 | 5 | |
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| 1956 | — | #3,535 | 6 | |
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| 1933 | — | #3,642 | 5 | |
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| 1931 | — | #3,763 | 5 | |
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| 1929 | — | #3,247 | 7 | |
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| 1927 | — | #4,210 | 5 | |
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| 1925 | — | #3,155 | 8 | |
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| 1923 | — | #3,467 | 7 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,872 | 6 | |
| 1921 | — | #3,517 | 7 | |
| 1920 | — | #3,208 | 8 | |
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First appearance
1920
The first year at least five boys were named Jessey! It came in at #3,208, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1924, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Jessey is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Jessey in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Jessey
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 2,308 spots since 2020 (#12,022 → #9,714)
- 1,674 spots since 2015 (#8,040 → #9,714)
Rise & fade · boys
74 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1920
- Peaked 1994 at #1,795 (48 births)
- Births halved by 1997, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 40,251
- Highest: 1 in 40,251 boys born in 1994 were named Jessey (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 244,011 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 34.0% of all boys named Jessey (316) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2017
- Mostly girls until 2016, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 48 | #3,155 (1925) | #3,525 |
| 1930s | 10 | #3,642 (1933) | #3,703 |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 6 | #3,535 (1956) | #3,535 |
| 1960s | 12 | #3,244 (1965) | #3,655 |
| 1970s | 62 | #3,120 (1974) | #4,260 |
| 1980s | 228 | #1,831 (1989) | #2,412 |
| 1990s | 316 | #1,795 (1994) | #2,764 |
| 2000s | 158 | #3,640 (2000) | #5,512 |
| 2010s | 70 | #5,251 (2010) | #7,880 |
| 2020s | 19 | #9,714 (2025) | #10,520 |
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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