Jessi

Where Jessi comes from

The dictionaries list Jessi as a given name — a female given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1943
    Jessi Colter born
    American country singer
  2. 1959
    First appearance
    #6,245 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1975
    Jessi Klein born
    American writer
  4. 1981
    Peak, #646
    273 babies named Jessi — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1998
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,341.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Jessi Colter · American country singer, born 1943
  • Jessi Klein · American writer, born 1975
  • Jessi Alexander · American musician, born 1972
  • Jessi Cruickshank · Canadian television personality, born 1982
  • Jessi Lintl · Austrian politician, born 1956

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.