Jessi
Jessi is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 48 births. Its best rank was 648th, in 1981.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 480.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1981273 births
- Best rank
- #648in 1981
- Since 1959
- 7,811people given the name
The story in the numbers
6,497 girls have been named Jessi in the United States since 1959, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1981, with 273 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1993, and the 1980s alone account for 30%. It has spent 17 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Jessi is used for both sexes: 17% of its bearers are boys (1,314), most of them born around 1994.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1981, its biggest year
Jessi was the 648th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1981 were Jennifer, Jessica, Amanda, Sarah and Melissa. See all of 1981.
Names that rose and fell with Jessi
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Shanellepeak 1992
- Kaceepeak 1989
- Jenaepeak 1991
- Christynpeak 1982
- Aleishapeak 1989
- Bethanypeak 1987
- Shamarapeak 1989
- Kacypeak 1990
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.