Girls' name · since 1987
Jesilyn
Since 1987, U.S. Social Security records show 87 babies named Jesilyn, peaking in 2003. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 87
- total births
- 1987–2012
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 52%
- born in that decade
87 girls have been named Jesilyn since 1987, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Jesilyn has 87 recorded births among girls since 1987, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1987 to 2012.
- 87 total births
- 1987–2012 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 52% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jesilyn's 87 recorded births place it above 60% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jesilyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jesilyn splits its recorded history at 2004: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1992 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2003 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jesilyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2012
- Peak year (2003)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Jesilyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Jesilyn's strongest decade.
45 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Jesilyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 12
1980s
12 births
- 1990s
1990s
23 births
- 2000s
2000s
45 births
- 2010s 7
2010s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 45 births (52% of all-time use).
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- Jesilyn's decade-level peak was the 2000s (45 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1987–2012 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jesilyn: Baby Name Since 1987 - 87 Births, Peak 2003." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jesilyn. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Jesilyn draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.