Jesselyn — girls' name

What the Data Says About Jesselyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 534 babies named Jesselyn between 1918 and 2021, spanning 104 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jesselyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 30 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jesselyn performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 181 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Jesselyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 26 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Jesselyn in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jesselyn 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 534 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.