Jestin — #10090 US boys' name
1,199 babies named Jestin in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 29% of names given to boys today.
27% of everyone ever named Jestin was born in this single decade.
48 babies were named Jestin in 2001 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jestin
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,199 babies named Jestin between 1973 and 2024, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jestin currently holds the #10090 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 48 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jestin performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 328 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Jestin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 60 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Jestin in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jestin 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 1,199 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.
Jestin at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Jestin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1973
- Peak year (2001)
- 48
- Annual births at peak — across 52 years of records
Currently ranks #10090 among boys.
1,199 total births across 52 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2001 with 48 births in a single year.
Jestin by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 328 births that decade — 27% of Jestin's all-time total
Jestin decade highlights
- Peak decade 328 births
- Runner-up 309 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Jestin's strongest decade
328 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 27% of all-time use.
Jestin by state
Where Jestin concentrates geographically — total births since 1973
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 60 | 5.0% |
| #2 | Florida | | 10 | 0.8% |
| #3 | Michigan | | 10 | 0.8% |
| #4 | Texas | | 10 | 0.8% |
| #5 | Louisiana | | 6 | 0.5% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.4% |
60 of 1,199 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 5.0% of nationwide
- Florida 0.8% of nationwide
- Michigan 0.8% of nationwide
- Texas 0.8% of nationwide
- Louisiana 0.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 6 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 5.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1973–2024 (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.