Jesses
Jesses was last recorded in 1989, when 6 babies were given it; 51 Americans have been recorded with it between 1922 and 1989 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Jesses by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Jesses?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #7,408, in 1989; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
8 babies in 1939, the peak
Jesses peaked in 1939, when 8 boys were given it, #2,714 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 6 | #7,408 | 3.0 |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,502 | 2.9 |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,446 | 3.2 |
| 1957 | 6 | #3,760 | 2.8 |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,818 | 3.6 |
| 1939 | 8 | #2,714 | 7.2 |
| 1936 | 5 | #3,804 | 4.8 |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,478 | 5.8 |
| 1922 | 5 | #4,628 | 4.6 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Jesses a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Jesses has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 9 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Jesses: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Jesses, and how old are they?
An estimated 24 Americans named Jesses and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026, too few to state an age range. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made.
Names spelled alike
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.