Jessus — boys' name
31 babies named Jessus in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
31 boys have been named Jessus since 1994, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2006.
- 31
- total births
- 1994–2006
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 68%
- born in that decade
68% of everyone ever named Jessus was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Jessus in 1996 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jessus
The Social Security Administration has registered 31 babies named Jessus between 1994 and 2006, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jessus currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jessus performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 21 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Jessus shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jessus in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 31 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Jessus at a glance
Last recorded 2006Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jessus popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–1994
- Peak year (1996)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 13 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2006.
31 total births across 13 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1996 with 11 births in a single year.
Jessus by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 21 births that decade — 68% of Jessus's all-time total
Jessus decade highlights
- Peak decade 21 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Jessus's strongest decade
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 68% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1994–2006 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.