Girls' name · since 2000

Jessly

Since 2000, U.S. Social Security records show 119 babies named Jessly, peaking in 2009. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#25,209 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#12,527 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
119
born since 2000
2010s
peak decade

Yes -- Jessly is the #12527 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 119 recorded since 2000.

Social Security Administration records show Jessly recorded 119 times among girls since 2000, holding rank #12527 nationally today, ahead of 28% of girls, 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 2000 to 2025.

  • #25,209 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #12,527 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 119 born since 2000
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jessly ranks #25,209 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,527 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 119 born since 2000, peaking in the 2010s.

#25,209 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#12,527 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
119
born since 2000
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%27.5%
Jessly vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Jessly's 119 recorded births place it above 65.07% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Jessly compares

119 28th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Jessly's all-time total is 68% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Jessly Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 119 376 567,345
Peak-year births 10 21 19,840

Jessly's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Jessly's SSA record in two at 2014 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2000, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2009 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Jessly popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2009)
10
Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
4681012 2000200720112015201820242025 7

Jessly by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (54 births, 45% of the file).

2010s was Jessly's strongest decade.

54 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.

Jessly births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 54 births (45% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Jessly?
119 babies have been named Jessly since 2000. All-time, it sits at #25,209 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #12,527 of 17,297 among girls. The peak year was 2009 with 10 births.
Where does Jessly sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jessly ranks #25,209 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,527 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Jessly most popular?
Jessly was most popular in the 2010s decade with 54 total births. The single peak year was 2009.
How long has the name Jessly been used?
Records for Jessly go back to 2000, giving 26 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Jessly?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Jessica, Jessie, Jesse, Jessi, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Jessly's data

  • Jessly's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (54 total births) through the 2020s (29) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Jessly

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Jessly: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 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, 2000–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

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 Jessly 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 August 2026.