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Jessi

#3,118 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Variant of Jessie

Jessi has been given to 7,874 babies in the U.S. since 1959. In 2025 it ranked #3,118 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1981, with 273 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 83% girls, 17% boys all-time.

Babies named Jessi, 2025

1 in 63,800

Jessi over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Jessi over time

In 2025, Jessi went to 88% girls and 12% boys.

19592025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Jessi: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Jessie

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Jessi means

Jessi is a variant of Jessie.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Jessi → Jessie → Jessica. The family’s proposed meaning is “he will see/behold/look for”, recorded in English.

Origin, language, and formation

Jessi is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Jessie.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 6,553 girls were recorded with the name Jessi between 1959 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 273 in 1981; its best national rank was #648 in 1981.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,867 in 2020 to #3,118 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,865 in 2015 to #3,118 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,321 boys were recorded with the name Jessi between 1970 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 67 in 1994; its best national rank was #1,411 in 1987.

Over 10 years its rank fell, from #8,332 in 2015 to #10,140 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 Jessi?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 63,800
52 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 30,900
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#3,118
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
44,191 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Jessi 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 44,191 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jessi. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Jessis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Jessi was born before 1993 — so the typical Jessi is around 32 today.

Median birth year
1993
About 32 years old
Biggest decade
1980s
29.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
30.4%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
6,553
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1980s — 29.9% of all recorded uses (1,960).

Is Jessi 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
+134
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−251
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−253
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.85×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
19.0%
Peak was 1981 (273)
Years since peak
44
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
14.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#648
1981

Spellings of Jessi

Jessi is not the most common spelling — Jessica is, with 62.9% against Jessi's 0.39%.

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.

Where Jessi is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Jessi was most concentrated in Montana — about 1 in 20,000 girls, against 1 in 41,875 across all states with data. It was least common in South Carolina (1 in —).

05 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Montana1 in 20,000
  2. 2Oklahoma1 in 20,000
  3. 3Texas1 in 20,000
  4. 4Utah1 in 20,000
  5. 5Colorado1 in 25,000
  6. 6Florida1 in 25,000
  7. 7Tennessee1 in 25,000
  8. 8Arizona1 in 33,333

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Jessi has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Jessi is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Jessi was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 50,000 boys, against 1 in 132,782 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 50,000
  2. 2Texas1 in 100,000
  3. 3Illinois1 in —
  4. 4North Carolina1 in —
  5. 5New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Jessi has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Jessi around the world

Where Jessi 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
    1996–2025
    #5,927
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2011
    #2,838
    in 2011
  • South Australia
    1985–2013
    #818
    in 2013

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

Notable people named Jessi

People whose public names include Jessi, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Jessi by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#3,118
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 251
Best rank ever
#648
1981
Peak year
1981
273 that year
First recorded
1959
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
6,553
Count in 2025
52

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#10,140
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#1,411
1987
Peak year
1994
67 that year
First recorded
1970
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,321
Count in 2025
7

Names similar to Jessi

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

JessaJesseJesusJesicaJessyJessikaJeseniaJeslynCassiKassiJesslynJesseniaJeslyJessalynJesiahJessiaJesiJesusaJessNissiJesikaJessieRossiJesseca

Names with a curve like Jessi

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Jessi, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

KassieMairaShanelleChanelleJanayMaiKristianKacyKrystaAjaRikkiEboni

Sibling names for Jessi

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

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