Girls' name · since 1981
Jesselynn
Jesselynn has 40 recorded births since 1981 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2012 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 40
- total births
- 1981–2012
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 35%
- born in that decade
Jesselynn is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 40 have been recorded since 1981.
Social Security Administration records show Jesselynn recorded 40 times among girls since 1981, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1981 to 2012.
- 40 total births
- 1981–2012 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 35% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jesselynn's 40 recorded births place it above 48% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jesselynn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jesselynn splits its recorded history at 2007: 63% of all births land in the more recent half, 37% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1981 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2012 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jesselynn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–2012
- Peak year (2012)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Jesselynn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2010s was Jesselynn's strongest decade.
14 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Jesselynn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
10 births
- 2000s
2000s
11 births
- 2010s
2010s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 14 births (35% 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, 1981–2012 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jesselynn: Baby Name Since 1981 - 40 Births, Peak 2012." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jesselynn. 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 Jesselynn 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.