Jessye — girls' name

What the Data Says About Jessye

The Social Security Administration has registered 449 babies named Jessye between 1889 and 2011, spanning 123 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jessye currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jessye performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 96 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Jessye shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jessye in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jessye 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 449 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.