Jessalyn — #5018 US girls' name
3,673 babies named Jessalyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1918, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 72% of names given to girls today.
30% of everyone ever named Jessalyn was born in this single decade.
132 babies were named Jessalyn in 2001 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jessalyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,673 babies named Jessalyn between 1918 and 2024, spanning 107 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jessalyn currently holds the #5018 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 132 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jessalyn performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,097 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Jessalyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 437 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Jessalyn in 22 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jessalyn 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 3,673 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.
Jessalyn at a glance
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Current rank
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Jessalyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1918
- Peak year (2001)
- 132
- Annual births at peak — across 107 years of records
Currently ranks #5018 among girls.
3,673 total births across 107 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2001 with 132 births in a single year.
Jessalyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 1,097 births that decade — 30% of Jessalyn's all-time total
Jessalyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,097 births
- Runner-up 921 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Jessalyn's strongest decade
1,097 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% of all-time use.
Jessalyn by state
Where Jessalyn concentrates geographically — total births since 1918
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 437 | 11.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 364 | 9.9% |
| #3 | Florida | | 125 | 3.4% |
| #4 | New York | | 84 | 2.3% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 53 | 1.4% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 53 | 1.4% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 51 | 1.4% |
| #8 | Kentucky | | 42 | 1.1% |
437 of 3,673 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 22 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 11.9% of nationwide
- Texas 9.9% of nationwide
- Florida 3.4% of nationwide
- New York 2.3% of nationwide
- Illinois 1.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 22 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 11.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Jessalyn appears in 22 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1918–2024 (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.