Girls' name · since 1971
Jessamy
251 babies named Jessamy in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1984. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,557 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,527 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 251
- born since 1971
- 1980s
- peak decade
251 babies have been named Jessamy since 1971, making it today's #13527 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jessamy has been recorded 251 times among girls since 1971, currently ranked #13527 nationally and more common than 22% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 2025.
- #17,557 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,527 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 251 born since 1971
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jessamy ranks #17,557 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,527 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 251 born since 1971, peaking in the 1980s.
- #17,557 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,527 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 251
- born since 1971
- 1980s
- peak decade
Jessamy's 251 recorded births place it above 75.7% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Jessamy compares
251 41st percentile among 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
Jessamy's all-time total is 33% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jessamy | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 251 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jessamy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jessamy's SSA record in two at 1990 and the more recent half accounts for 46% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 54%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1975, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1984 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jessamy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2025
- Peak year (1984)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 55 years of records
Jessamy by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (84 births, 33% of the file).
1980s was Jessamy's strongest decade.
84 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Jessamy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
52 births
- 1980s
1980s
84 births
- 1990s
1990s
47 births
- 2000s 27
2000s
27 births
- 2010s 10
2010s
10 births
- 2020s 31
2020s
31 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 84 births (33% of all-time use).
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- Jessamy's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (84 total births) through the 2020s (31) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Jessamy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1984)
Similar record span (~54 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, 1971–2025 (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 Jessamy 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.