Jessilyn
- Last seen for girls in 2023 at #12,197
- Peak · girls
- 1989 · 25 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 682since 1968
Jessilyn over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Jessilyn has never cracked the top 3,000 here.
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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 | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #12,197 | 7 |
| 2022 | #8,542 | 12 |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 |
| 2018 | #12,464 | 7 |
| 2017 | #8,776 | 12 |
| 2016 | #10,859 | 9 |
| 2015 | #10,148 | 10 |
| 2014 | #8,053 | 14 |
| 2013 | #7,748 | 15 |
| 2012 | #6,341 | 20 |
| 2011 | #6,148 | 21 |
| 2010 | #7,880 | 15 |
| 2009 | #6,317 | 21 |
| 2008 | #6,350 | 21 |
| 2007 | #8,098 | 15 |
| 2006 | #7,482 | 16 |
| 2005 | #5,800 | 21 |
| 2004 | #6,216 | 19 |
| 2003 | #6,299 | 18 |
| 2002 | #7,045 | 15 |
| 2001 | #5,822 | 19 |
| 2000 | #5,312 | 21 |
| 1999 | #5,039 | 21 |
| 1998 | #8,016 | 11 |
| 1997 | #5,010 | 20 |
| 1996 | #5,280 | 18 |
| 1995 | #4,518 | 22 |
| 1994 | #5,713 | 16 |
| 1993 | #4,524 | 22 |
| 1992 | #6,008 | 15 |
| 1991 | #3,936 | 26 |
| 1990 | #4,523 | 21 |
| 1989 | #3,893 | 25 |
| 1988 | #4,172 | 21 |
| 1987 | #4,474 | 18 |
| 1986 | #4,724 | 16 |
| 1985 | #6,457 | 10 |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 |
| 1983 | #4,884 | 14 |
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| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 |
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| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 |
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| 1968 | #5,147 | 8 |
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First appearance
1968
The first year at least five girls were named Jessilyn! It came in at #5,147, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1969–1976, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Jessilyn is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Jessilyn in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
Rise & fade · girls
21 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1968
- Peaked 1989 at #3,893 (25 births)
- Births halved by 1998, 9 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 72,116
- Highest: 1 in 72,116 girls born in 1991 were named Jessilyn (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 229,226 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #3,893 in 1989, was only 1 in 73,742 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1990s
- 28.2% of all girls named Jessilyn (192) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8 | #5,147 (1968) | #5,147 |
| 1970s | 16 | #6,696 (1979) | #7,132 |
| 1980s | 122 | #3,893 (1989) | #6,251 |
| 1990s | 192 | #3,936 (1991) | #5,257 |
| 2000s | 186 | #5,312 (2000) | #6,474 |
| 2010s | 128 | #6,148 (2011) | #9,396 |
| 2020s | 30 | #8,542 (2022) | #12,361 |
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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