Jessie

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

  • #823in 2025
  • 1 in 4,870girls in 2025
  • −22%last ten years
  • 3.3×in Louisiana

Most popular in 1882. Quieter now: down 22% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

03,7377,47418801916195319892025

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Per million girls 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 girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
18806,978
18817,188
18827,474
18837,425
18846,883
18857,155
18866,940
18876,932
18886,718
18896,705
18906,566
18916,033
18925,868
18935,711
18945,024
18955,564
18964,636
18975,085
18984,807
18994,639
19004,743
19014,663
19024,696
19034,588
19044,347
19054,509
19064,223
19074,125
19084,134
19093,804
19103,886
19113,705
19123,677
19133,963
19143,755
19153,411
19163,269
19173,205
19183,102
19193,124
19202,778
19212,615
19222,649
19232,483
19242,520
19252,424
19262,464
19272,397
19282,101
19292,022
19301,950
19311,813
19321,777
19331,794
19341,716
19351,544
19361,524
19371,457
19381,338
19391,273
19401,168
19411,122
19421,030
1943941
1944917
1945847
1946747
1947653
1948631
1949602
1950546
1951522
1952473
1953478
1954391
1955382
1956341
1957310
1958293
1959289
1960252
1961233
1962226
1963208
1964217
1965269
1966281
1967226
1968195
1969192
1970192
1971216
1972208
1973241
1974244
1975269
1976306
1977316
1978420
1979449
1980490
1981725
1982676
1983532
1984590
1985646
1986744
1987703
1988652
1989622
1990589
1991595
1992594
1993612
1994703
1995647
1996560
1997486
1998421
1999417
2000396
2001339
2002376
2003338
2004331
2005274
2006278
2007260
2008261
2009231
2010236
2011232
2012254
2013273
2014284
2015264
2016260
2017262
2018264
2019248
2020240
2021217
2022217
2023221
2024215
2025205

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

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

  1. Louisiana 3.3×
  2. Kentucky 2.5×
  3. Arizona 1.9×
  4. Tennessee 1.7×
  5. California 1.6×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
330
Rank in 2025
#823
How rare
1 in 4,870 girls
Since 1880
170,036

Most popular in 1882, at 7,474 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 22% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Louisiana3.3×36
Kentucky2.5×28
Arizona1.9×34
Tennessee1.7×34
California1.6×168

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