Girls' name · since 1975
Jessalynn
Jessalynn has 998 recorded births since 1975 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2016 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #7,522 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,024 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 998
- born since 1975
- 2010s
- peak decade
998 babies have been named Jessalynn since 1975, making it today's #8024 girls' name.
Jessalynn has 998 recorded births among girls since 1975, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8024 as of the latest data, more common than 54% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2025.
- #7,522 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,024 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 998 born since 1975
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jessalynn ranks #7,522 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,024 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 998 born since 1975, peaking in the 2010s.
- #7,522 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,024 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 998
- born since 1975
- 2010s
- peak decade
Jessalynn's 998 recorded births place it above 89.59% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Jessalynn compares
998 Top 32% higher than 68% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Jessalynn's all-time total is 165% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jessalynn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 998 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 47 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jessalynn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jessalynn's full recorded timeline at 2000, 69% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 31% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1975, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2016 peak of 47 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jessalynn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2025
- Peak year (2016)
- 47
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Jessalynn by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (367 births, 37% of the file).
2010s was Jessalynn's strongest decade.
367 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Jessalynn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 44
1970s
44 births
- 1980s 125
1980s
125 births
- 1990s 139
1990s
139 births
- 2000s
2000s
239 births
- 2010s
2010s
367 births
- 2020s 84
2020s
84 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 367 births (37% of all-time use).
How Jessalynn compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Jessalynn's total volume
Jessalynn by state
Where Jessalynn concentrates geographically, total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 60 | 6.0% |
| #2 | California | | 10 | 1.0% |
| #3 | Kentucky | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 5 | 0.5% |
60 of 998 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Jessalynn's data
- Jessalynn's decade-level peak was the 2010s (367 total births); usage has since declined to 84 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Jessalynns (60 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jessalynn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2016)
Similar record span (~50 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1975–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Jessalynn 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 August 2026.