Boys' name · since 1922
Jesses
Since 1922, U.S. Social Security records show 51 babies named Jesses, peaking in 1939. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 51
- total births
- 1922–1989
- years on record
- 1930s
- peak decade
- 37%
- born in that decade
Jesses sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 51 recorded since 1922.
Jesses has 51 recorded births among boys since 1922, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1930s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1922 to 1989.
- 51 total births
- 1922–1989 years on record
- 1930s peak decade
- 37% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jesses's 51 recorded births place it above 51% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jesses's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jesses splits its recorded history at 1942: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1922 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1939 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jesses popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1922–1989
- Peak year (1939)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 68 years of records
Jesses by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1930s was Jesses's strongest decade.
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Jesses births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1930s
1930s
19 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s 6
1950s
6 births
- 1970s
1970s
10 births
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 19 births (37% of all-time use).
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- Jesses's decade-level peak was the 1930s (19 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1980s -- 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, 1922–1989 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jesses: Baby Name Since 1922 - 51 Births, Peak 1939." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jesses. 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 Jesses 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.