Jeselle — girls' name
213 babies named Jeselle in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
213 girls have been named Jeselle since 1997, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2023.
- 213
- total births
- 1997–2023
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 45%
- born in that decade
45% of everyone ever named Jeselle was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Jeselle in 2012 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jeselle
The Social Security Administration has registered 213 babies named Jeselle between 1997 and 2023, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jeselle currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jeselle performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 96 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Jeselle shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 14 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Jeselle in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jeselle in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 213 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Jeselle at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jeselle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1997
- Peak year (2012)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
213 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2012 with 15 births in a single year.
Jeselle by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 96 births that decade — 45% of Jeselle's all-time total
Jeselle decade highlights
- Peak decade 96 births
- Runner-up 85 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Jeselle's strongest decade
96 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
Jeselle by state
Where Jeselle concentrates geographically — total births since 1997
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 14 | 6.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 12 | 5.6% |
14 of 213 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 6.6% of nationwide
- Texas 5.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 6.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1997–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.