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Jesse
Pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɛs.i/
Rank in 2024
#187
Born in 2024
1,980
Peak year
1981 · #37
Origin
Hebrew
Also recorded for girls:73 in 2024 (#2,468)
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 1,980 boys were named Jesse, about 1 in every 866.
- It peaked in 1981 with 10,444 babies, ranked #37.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 430,392 boys 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.
- 2.3Greatest1901–27
- 1.8Silent1928–45
- 1.3Boomers1946–64
- 2.4Gen X1965–80
- 4.4Millennials1981–96
- 2.2Gen Z1997–12
- 1.2Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 39,285 babies, 2.35 per 1,000. Silent: 36,839 babies, 1.78 per 1,000. Boomers: 48,648 babies, 1.30 per 1,000. Gen X: 64,506 babies, 2.37 per 1,000. Millennials: 134,961 babies, 4.43 per 1,000. Gen Z: 68,719 babies, 2.19 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 25,499 babies, 1.17 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.