Girls' name · since 1999
Jessell
Jessell has 15 recorded births since 1999 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2002 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 15
- total births
- 1999–2002
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 67%
- born in that decade
15 girls have been named Jessell since 1999, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jessell has been recorded 15 times among girls since 1999, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2002.
- 15 total births
- 1999–2002 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 67% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jessell's 15 recorded births place it above 30% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jessell's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jessell's SSA record in two at 2002 and the more recent half accounts for 67% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 33%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1999, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2002 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jessell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2002
- Peak year (2002)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 4 years of records
Jessell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Jessell's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Jessell births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 10 births (67% of all-time use).
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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, 1999–2002 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jessell: Baby Name Since 1999 - 15 Births, Peak 2002." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jessell. 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 Jessell 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.