Jessie

Boy · recorded 1880–2025 · given to both girls and boys (about 2.6 to 1)

  • #1,425in 2025
  • 1 in 13,556boys in 2025
  • −39%last ten years
  • 1.6×in Texas

Most popular in 1910. Quieter now: down 39% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

01,3292,65718801916195319892025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Jessie, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
18801,394
18811,420
18821,689
18831,443
18841,547
18851,874
18861,634
18871,795
18882,102
18891,872
18902,171
18912,243
18922,057
18931,905
18942,203
18952,087
18961,915
18972,075
18982,176
18992,457
19002,645
19012,170
19022,633
19032,348
19042,443
19052,555
19062,426
19072,629
19082,300
19092,634
19102,657
19112,213
19121,610
19131,479
19141,449
19151,461
19161,426
19171,471
19181,393
19191,503
19201,494
19211,377
19221,462
19231,353
19241,289
19251,315
19261,334
19271,295
19281,281
19291,237
19301,211
19311,219
19321,226
19331,088
19341,056
19351,060
1936976
1937977
1938876
1939956
1940879
1941845
1942726
1943771
1944758
1945698
1946628
1947574
1948624
1949577
1950570
1951525
1952533
1953543
1954487
1955468
1956496
1957494
1958480
1959450
1960437
1961448
1962455
1963445
1964455
1965470
1966506
1967457
1968413
1969432
1970392
1971428
1972466
1973483
1974477
1975494
1976525
1977568
1978545
1979595
1980615
1981700
1982732
1983648
1984607
1985612
1986607
1987622
1988565
1989566
1990611
1991582
1992525
1993552
1994509
1995474
1996461
1997399
1998336
1999303
2000271
2001305
2002336
2003317
2004288
2005295
2006266
2007257
2008239
2009232
2010212
2011175
2012179
2013171
2014148
2015122
2016130
2017117
201898
2019108
202090
202183
2022104
202380
202491
202574

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Texas 1.6×
  2. Florida 1.2×
  3. California 1.1×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
126
Rank in 2025
#1,425
How rare
1 in 13,556 boys
Since 1880
111,331

Most popular in 1910, at 2,657 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 39% per million boys born.

Top 3 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Texas1.6×70
Florida1.2×29
California1.1×50

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.