Girls' name · since 1889
Jessye
Jessye has 449 recorded births since 1889 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1992 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,625 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 449
- born since 1889
- 1990s
- peak decade
Jessye sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 449 recorded since 1889.
Jessye has 449 recorded births among girls since 1889, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1889 to 2011.
- #12,625 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 449 born since 1889
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jessye ranks #12,625 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 449 born since 1889, peaking in the 1990s.
- #12,625 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 449
- born since 1889
- 1990s
- peak decade
Jessye's 449 recorded births place it above 82.53% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Jessye's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jessye splits its recorded history at 1935: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1900 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1992 peak of 19 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jessye popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1889–2011
- Peak year (1992)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 123 years of records
Jessye by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (96 births, 21% of the file).
1990s was Jessye's strongest decade.
96 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 21% of all-time use.
Jessye births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 6
1880s
6 births
- 1890s 9
1890s
9 births
- 1900s 25
1900s
25 births
- 1910s
1910s
75 births
- 1920s
1920s
94 births
- 1930s
1930s
45 births
- 1940s 31
1940s
31 births
- 1950s 13
1950s
13 births
- 1980s 28
1980s
28 births
- 1990s
1990s
96 births
- 2000s 22
2000s
22 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 96 births (21% of all-time use).
Jessye by state
Where Jessye concentrates geographically, total births since 1889
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 10 | 2.2% |
10 of 449 births nationwide.
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- Jessye's decade-level peak was the 1990s (96 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Jessyes (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jessye: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~122 yrs)
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, 1889–2011 (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 Jessye 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.