How Many People Are Named Jesse?
people named Jesse are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,026 people in the US has this name
Based on 444,920 babies named Jesse in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
10,823 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
French form of JESSE.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Jesse, 3.2% were girls and 96.8% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1880s: 1.5% of the babies were girls then and 3.4% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Jesse alive today is about 38 years old, and 55% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 26 and 47 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Jesse first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1981, to 10,823 babies. In 2025, 2,074 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Jesse never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #26, in 1882 and 1887, and it was in the top 100 in 92 years between 1880 and 2005. In 2025 it ranked #184.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #184 |
| Best rank | #26 (1882 and 1887) |
| Years in the top 100 | 92 (1880 to 2005) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #49 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Jesse alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Jesse were born in California than in any other state: about 50,542 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Jesse was given 1.7 times as often in Alaska, 1.5 times in Wyoming and 1.4 times in Arkansas.
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