Jessamine

#9,745 in 2025Girls' name

Jasmine, through Jasmine

Jessamine has been given to 763 babies in the U.S. since 1889. In 2025 it ranked #9,745 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1997, with 17 recorded.

Babies named Jessamine, 2025

1 in 332,000

Jessamine over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Jessamine: meaning, origin, and history

Jasmine, through Jasmine

English

What Jessamine means

Jessamine belongs to the name family reached through Jessamine → Jasmine → jasmin. Its meaning is “jasmine”.

Origin, language, and formation

Jessamine is used in English. Its origins include English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Jasmine and jasmin.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 763 girls were recorded with the name Jessamine between 1889 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 17 in 1997; its best national rank was #1,052 in 1891.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #10,638 in 2020 to #9,745 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #8,190 in 2015 to #9,745 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Jessamine?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 332,000; 10 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 161,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #9,745; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 229,791 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Jessamine sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 229,791 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jessamine. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Jessamines were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Jessamine was born before 1989 — so the typical Jessamine is around 36 today.

Median birth year: 1989; About 36 years old
Biggest decade: 1990s; 14.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 33.8%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 527; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1990s — 14.8% of all recorded uses (113).

Is Jessamine rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: −2,352; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: +893; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: −1,555; Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago: 0.71×; Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak: 58.8%; Peak was 1997 (17)
Years since peak: 28; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 27.8% average annual change
Best rank ever: #1,052; 1891

Spellings of Jessamine

Jessamine is the most-used spelling, taking 51.2% of the 1,489 babies given a near-identical spelling.

Jessamine51.2%763
Jessamyn48.8%726

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Jessamine around the world

Where Jessamine ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
1996–2017
#5,765
in 2017
South Australia
1947–1991
#669
in 1991

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Jessamine by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #9,745
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 893
Best rank ever: #1,052; 1891
Peak year: 1997; 17 that year
First recorded: 1889
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 763
Count in 2025: 10

Names similar to Jessamine

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Jestine Jessalynn Jesslynn Jesselyn Seraphine Josseline Jesmine Lauraine Karaline Jessamyn Josefine Jessilyn Adelaine Maybelline Jesiah Jessiah Addeline Jessicca Valentine Jessalyn Jessia Koraline Caraline Avangeline

Sibling names for Jessamine

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Reanna Cydney Breann Salena Gabriel Cinthia Sydnie Madisen

For a brother

Samual Coty Brandan Trever Mitchel Garret Demarco Donavon

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