Boys' name · since 1976
Jessen
Jessen has 365 recorded births since 1976 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2002 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 365
- total births
- 1976–2025
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 32%
- born in that decade
Jessen is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 365 have been recorded since 1976.
Social Security Administration records show Jessen recorded 365 times among boys since 1976, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 2025.
- 365 total births
- 1976–2025 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 32% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jessen's 365 recorded births place it above 79% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jessen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jessen's full recorded timeline at 2002, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1986, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2002 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jessen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2025
- Peak year (2002)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Jessen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Jessen's strongest decade.
117 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Jessen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 16
1970s
16 births
- 1980s
1980s
61 births
- 1990s
1990s
57 births
- 2000s
2000s
117 births
- 2010s
2010s
92 births
- 2020s 22
2020s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 117 births (32% of all-time use).
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- Jessen's decade-level peak was the 2000s (117 total births); usage has since declined to 22 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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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, 1976–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jessen: Baby Name Since 1976 - 365 Births, Peak 2002." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jessen. 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 Jessen 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.