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Jesse
Pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɛs.i/
Rank in 2024
#2,468
Born in 2024
73
Peak year
1981 · #519
Origin
Hebrew
Also recorded for boys:1,980 in 2024 (#187)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 73 girls were named Jesse, about 1 in every 22,098.
- It peaked in 1981 with 380 babies, ranked #519.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 12,419 girls have been named Jesse since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Jesse per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- 0.2Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 801 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Silent: 480 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Boomers: 508 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,596 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Millennials: 5,165 babies, 0.18 per 1,000. Gen Z: 2,818 babies, 0.10 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 823 babies, 0.04 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Ancient Greek Ἰεσσαί (Iessaí), from Hebrew יִשַׁי (Yishai).
- A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
- A female given name, variant of Jessie.
- Origin
- Hebrew
- Say it
- /ˈd͡ʒɛs.i/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Jesse, CC BY-SA 4.0.