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Jessy

#5,298 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Variant of Jesse

Jessy has been given to 6,771 babies in the U.S. since 1915. In 2025 it ranked #5,298 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1992, with 188 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 69% boys, 31% girls all-time.

Babies named Jessy, 2025

1 in 184,000

Jessy over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Jessy over time

In 2025, Jessy went to 63% girls and 37% boys.

19152025

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.

Jessy: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Jesse

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Jessy means

Jessy is a variant of Jesse.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Jessy → Jesse → Ἰεσσαί → יִשַׁי. The family’s meaning is “gift, present”, recorded in Hebrew with the source elements sháy.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Jesse.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 4,670 boys were recorded with the name Jessy between 1915 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 188 in 1992; its best national rank was #754 in 1990.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #4,774 in 2020 to #5,298 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #3,325 in 2015 to #5,298 in 2025.

In the United States, 2,101 girls were recorded with the name Jessy between 1968 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 81 in 1994; its best national rank was #1,785 in 1994.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #4,601 in 2020 to #4,602 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #4,183 in 2015 to #4,602 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 Jessy?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 184,000
18 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 94,900
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#5,298
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
127,662 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Jessy sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

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 127,662 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jessy. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Jessys were born

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

Median birth year
1993
About 32 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
32.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
28.1%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
4,379
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1990s — 32.5% of all recorded uses (1,517).

Is Jessy 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
−151
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−524
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,973
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.53×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
9.6%
Peak was 1992 (188)
Years since peak
33
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
15.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#754
1990

Spellings of Jessy

Jessy is not the most common spelling — Jerry is, with 42.6% against Jessy's 0.32%.

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 Jessy is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Jessy was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 20,000 boys, against 1 in 71,801 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).

05 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 20,000
  2. 2Florida1 in 50,000
  3. 3Oregon1 in 50,000
  4. 4Texas1 in 50,000
  5. 5Washington1 in 50,000
  6. 6Arizona1 in 100,000
  7. 7Colorado1 in 100,000
  8. 8Georgia1 in 100,000

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. Jessy has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Jessy is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Jessy was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 106,270 across all states with data. It was least common in Oregon (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 100,000
  2. 2Florida1 in 100,000
  3. 3New York1 in 100,000
  4. 4Texas1 in 100,000
  5. 5Michigan1 in —
  6. 6Minnesota1 in —
  7. 7Oregon1 in —

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. Jessy has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Jessy around the world

Where Jessy 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
    2001–2024
    #5,120
    in 2024
  • France
    1967–2025
    #948
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #1,964
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1985–2011
    #784
    in 2011

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Jessy

People whose public names include Jessy, 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.

Jessy in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Jessy. Linked forms have their own page here.

JesyJessieJessye

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Jessy by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#5,298
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 524
Best rank ever
#754
1990
Peak year
1992
188 that year
First recorded
1915
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
4,670
Count in 2025
18

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#4,602
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1
Best rank ever
#1,785
1994
Peak year
1994
81 that year
First recorded
1968
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,101
Count in 2025
30

Names similar to Jessy

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

JesiahJessiJeshuaJessiahJesseyJessJessicaJessupJesseeJeseJessenJestinJesperJessieJesusJesaiahJestonJesseJesielJesaiJesuaJesonJessonJeshurun

Names with a curve like Jessy

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

BrandanMartezKelbyRashawnBrandynSchuylerDemarcoTerellRashaadJustenNikolausMontrell

Sibling names for Jessy

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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