Jesse — #187 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Jesse

The Social Security Administration has registered 430,392 babies named Jesse between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jesse currently holds the #187 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 10,444 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jesse performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 85,915 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Jesse shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 54,612 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Jesse in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jesse 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 430,392 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.