Girls' name · since 1988
Jesselle
236 babies named Jesselle in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 236
- total births
- 1988–2021
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 41%
- born in that decade
Jesselle is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 236 have been recorded since 1988.
Jesselle has 236 recorded births among girls since 1988, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 1988 to 2021.
- 236 total births
- 1988–2021 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 41% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jesselle's 236 recorded births place it above 75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
Jesselle's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jesselle's SSA record in two at 2006 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 1988, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2007 peak of 17, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jesselle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2021
- Peak year (2007)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Jesselle by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2010s was Jesselle's strongest decade.
96 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Jesselle births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 36
1990s
36 births
- 2000s
2000s
91 births
- 2010s
2010s
96 births
- 2020s 8
2020s
8 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 96 births (41% of all-time use).
Jesselle by state
Where Jesselle concentrates geographically, total births since 1988
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 30 | 12.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 11 | 4.7% |
30 of 236 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- Jesselle's decade-level peak was the 2010s (96 total births); usage has since declined to 8 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Jesselles (30 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 1988–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jesselle: Baby Name Since 1988 - 236 Births, Peak 2007." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jesselle. 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 Jesselle 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.