Jessy
#4,546 for girls in 2025, 30 births · #5,208 for boys in 2025, 18 births
Given to boys 69.0% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1992 · 188 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,670since 1915
Jessy over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | #4,546 | 30 | #5,208 | 18 |
| 2024 | #4,207 | 34 | #5,067 | 19 |
| 2023 | #3,911 | 38 | #4,220 | 25 |
| 2022 | #4,202 | 34 | #4,089 | 26 |
| 2021 | #5,398 | 23 | #4,247 | 24 |
| 2020 | #4,548 | 29 | #4,698 | 20 |
| 2019 | #4,162 | 34 | #4,639 | 21 |
| 2018 | #3,107 | 52 | #4,094 | 25 |
| 2017 | #3,479 | 44 | #4,331 | 23 |
| 2016 | #4,345 | 33 | #3,883 | 27 |
| 2015 | #4,144 | 35 | #3,299 | 34 |
| 2014 | #3,272 | 49 | #3,090 | 36 |
| 2013 | #4,422 | 32 | #2,364 | 53 |
| 2012 | #4,486 | 32 | #3,002 | 38 |
| 2011 | #3,659 | 42 | #2,317 | 55 |
| 2010 | #4,735 | 30 | #2,144 | 62 |
| 2009 | #3,677 | 43 | #1,797 | 83 |
| 2008 | #3,710 | 43 | #1,639 | 94 |
| 2007 | #4,050 | 38 | #1,681 | 90 |
| 2006 | #4,073 | 36 | #1,769 | 78 |
| 2005 | #3,366 | 45 | #1,648 | 82 |
| 2004 | #3,631 | 40 | #1,460 | 94 |
| 2003 | #3,805 | 36 | #1,296 | 108 |
| 2002 | #2,854 | 52 | #1,357 | 97 |
| 2001 | #3,046 | 46 | #1,514 | 80 |
| 2000 | #3,070 | 45 | #1,487 | 82 |
| 1999 | #2,991 | 44 | #1,126 | 117 |
| 1998 | #2,889 | 45 | #1,288 | 93 |
| 1997 | #2,283 | 59 | #962 | 137 |
| 1996 | #2,451 | 52 | #897 | 149 |
| 1995 | #1,837 | 77 | #893 | 150 |
| 1994 | #1,786 | 81 | #817 | 168 |
| 1993 | #1,815 | 80 | #782 | 183 |
| 1992 | #1,947 | 71 | #757 | 188 |
| 1991 | #1,818 | 78 | #841 | 152 |
| 1990 | #2,234 | 57 | #758 | 180 |
| 1989 | #1,925 | 67 | #911 | 124 |
| 1988 | #3,095 | 32 | #862 | 121 |
| 1987 | #2,780 | 35 | #908 | 107 |
| 1986 | #2,420 | 41 | #896 | 103 |
| 1985 | #2,362 | 42 | #970 | 88 |
| 1984 | #2,781 | 32 | #1,154 | 62 |
| 1983 | #3,431 | 23 | #1,190 | 58 |
| 1982 | #3,344 | 25 | #917 | 95 |
| 1981 | #3,066 | 28 | #954 | 89 |
| 1980 | #2,866 | 31 | #945 | 90 |
| 1979 | #3,442 | 23 | #1,193 | 58 |
| 1978 | #3,512 | 21 | #1,170 | 58 |
| 1977 | #5,213 | 12 | #1,268 | 49 |
| 1976 | #4,363 | 14 | #1,267 | 48 |
| 1975 | #4,370 | 14 | #1,948 | 24 |
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 | #1,618 | 30 |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | #1,817 | 24 |
| 1972 | — | #1,819 | 24 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,987 | 21 | |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | #2,293 | 16 |
| 1969 | — | #2,861 | 10 | |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | #3,365 | 7 |
| 1967 | — | #2,352 | 12 | |
| 1966 | — | #3,537 | 6 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,476 | 11 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,409 | 12 | |
| 1963 | — | #3,318 | 7 | |
| 1962 | — | #3,305 | 7 | |
| 1961 | — | #3,356 | 7 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,315 | 13 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,295 | 13 | |
| 1958 | — | #3,275 | 7 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,631 | 10 | |
| 1956 | — | #3,535 | 6 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,964 | 8 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,592 | 10 | |
| 1953 | — | #3,425 | 6 | |
| 1952 | — | #3,095 | 7 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,246 | 12 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,770 | 8 | |
| 1949 | — | #3,298 | 6 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,608 | 9 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,988 | 15 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,534 | 9 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,131 | 11 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,309 | 10 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,182 | 12 | |
| 1942 | — | #3,560 | 5 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,656 | 8 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,671 | 8 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,159 | 11 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,479 | 9 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,332 | 10 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,854 | 7 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,529 | 9 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,266 | 11 | |
| 1933 | — | #3,004 | 7 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,101 | 13 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,864 | 8 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,964 | 15 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,589 | 10 | |
| 1928 | — | #3,357 | 7 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,912 | 9 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,566 | 11 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,588 | 11 | |
| 1924 | — | #3,867 | 6 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,614 | 11 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,252 | 8 | |
| 1921 | — | #3,869 | 6 | |
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| 1919 | — | #3,115 | 8 | |
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| 1916 | — | #3,897 | 5 | |
| 1915 | — | #3,392 | 6 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Jessy! It came in at #3,392, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1916–1918, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Jessy is popular in 1978
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Oregon#348 · 1 in 3,622
- Indiana#479 · 1 in 7,861
- New York#893 · 1 in 15,751
- California#1,100 · 1 in 24,132
Best ever in a state: #158 in North Dakota, 1979.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon | #348 | 5 | 1 in 3,622 |
| Indiana | #479 | 5 | 1 in 7,861 |
| New York | #893 | 7 | 1 in 15,751 |
| California | #1,100 | 7 | 1 in 24,132 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Jessy
- 141 spots since 2024 (#5,067 → #5,208)
- 510 spots since 2020 (#4,698 → #5,208)
- 1,909 spots since 2015 (#3,299 → #5,208)
- Biggest jump: 248 spots in 1980 (#1,193 → #945)
- Biggest drop: 326 spots in 1998 (#962 → #1,288)
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 1992 at #757 (188 births)
- Births halved by 1998, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 16 yrs · run 1985–1997
- Highest: 1 in 10,625 boys born in 1992 were named Jessy (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 94,893 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 32.5% of all boys named Jessy (1,517) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2021, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 19 | #3,115 (1919) | #3,468 |
| 1920s | 79 | #2,566 (1926) | #3,068 |
| 1930s | 100 | #1,964 (1930) | #2,455 |
| 1940s | 93 | #1,988 (1947) | #2,594 |
| 1950s | 87 | #2,246 (1951) | #2,883 |
| 1960s | 92 | #2,315 (1960) | #2,929 |
| 1970s | 352 | #1,170 (1978) | #1,638 |
| 1980s | 937 | #862 (1988) | #971 |
| 1990s | 1,517 | #757 (1992) | #912 |
| 2000s | 888 | #1,296 (2003) | #1,565 |
| 2010s | 374 | #2,144 (2010) | #3,316 |
| 2020s | 132 | #4,089 (2022) | #4,588 |
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.
Jessy in 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
Top boys' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 72,946 of them was named Jessy, which outranked 69.4% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,388Wynette22
- #3,388Yakima22
- #3,388Yarnell22
- #3,512Jessy21
- #3,512Abbi21
- #3,512Adelle21
- #3,512Aleesha21
- #3,637Acacia20
- #3,637Alonda20
- #3,637Ambre20
Tied with 124 names at #3,512; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 28,308 of them was named Jessy, which outranked 82.7% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,149Tariq59
- #1,149Telly59
- #1,149Zeb59
- #1,170Jessy58
- #1,170Demetrios58
- #1,170Enrico58
- #1,170Kevan58
- #1,177Dajuan57
- #1,177Darby57
- #1,177Dwain57
Tied with 6 names at #1,170; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.