Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Jesse

#76 most common boys' name of all time · #155 across all names · 97% male / 3% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#76
Rank overall
#155 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
444,920
Since 2016
20,828
Peak year
1981 #37
Best rank
#26 1882
Girls Boys peak 10,823/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Jesse is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 72 2,002 2,074 #184
2024 73 1,996 2,069 #185
2023 72 1,828 1,900 #202
2022 52 1,979 2,031 #192
2021 69 1,908 1,977 #203
2020 65 1,887 1,952 #203
2019 59 1,979 2,038 #200
2018 82 2,146 2,228 #186
2017 76 2,106 2,182 #186
2016 67 2,310 2,377 #174
2015 67 2,357 2,424 #178
2014 73 2,469 2,542 #172
2013 70 2,571 2,641 #156
2012 80 2,712 2,792 #150
2011 81 2,973 3,054 #140
2010 108 3,280 3,388 #124
2009 108 3,688 3,796 #112
2008 120 3,954 4,074 #110
2007 117 4,130 4,247 #107
2006 122 4,370 4,492 #102
2005 173 4,746 4,919 #89
2004 181 4,761 4,942 #94
2003 172 4,606 4,778 #94
2002 190 4,431 4,621 #90
2001 195 4,222 4,417 #91
2000 282 4,485 4,767 #90
1999 355 5,004 5,359 #82
1998 271 5,444 5,715 #70
1997 263 5,920 6,183 #63
1996 289 7,075 7,364 #51
1995 367 7,495 7,862 #46
1994 357 8,683 9,040 #45
1993 336 8,263 8,599 #48
1992 312 8,563 8,875 #50
1991 338 8,367 8,705 #51
1990 347 8,977 9,324 #48
1989 314 8,853 9,167 #50
1988 318 7,914 8,232 #55
1987 322 7,982 8,304 #55
1986 353 8,542 8,895 #48
1985 279 8,221 8,500 #51
1984 287 7,606 7,893 #50
1983 257 8,469 8,726 #46
1982 308 9,504 9,812 #43
1981 380 10,443 10,823 #37
1980 293 8,374 8,667 #45
1979 227 6,679 6,906 #50
1978 191 6,107 6,298 #51
1977 163 5,823 5,986 #54
1976 136 5,300 5,436 #55
1975 117 4,435 4,552 #64
1974 83 4,105 4,188 #67
1973 61 3,442 3,503 #75
1972 52 3,226 3,278 #88
1971 51 3,001 3,052 #107
1970 52 2,768 2,820 #119
1969 51 2,377 2,428 #128
1968 28 2,147 2,175 #135
1967 30 2,186 2,216 #135
1966 39 2,316 2,355 #132
1965 22 2,212 2,234 #139
1964 30 2,185 2,215 #151
1963 31 2,229 2,260 #149
1962 29 2,273 2,302 #149
1961 36 2,306 2,342 #150
1960 34 2,374 2,408 #150
1959 15 2,440 2,455 #142
1958 21 2,490 2,511 #141
1957 25 2,737 2,762 #133
1956 25 2,626 2,651 #126
1955 26 2,786 2,812 #122
1954 25 2,760 2,785 #119
1953 28 2,818 2,846 #114
1952 36 2,721 2,757 #112
1951 37 2,670 2,707 #115
1950 28 2,607 2,635 #114
1949 20 2,704 2,724 #110
1948 21 2,705 2,726 #108
1947 27 2,751 2,778 #107
1946 14 2,468 2,482 #109
1945 21 2,186 2,207 #104
1944 22 2,310 2,332 #103
1943 24 2,427 2,451 #105
1942 24 2,396 2,420 #100
1941 17 2,184 2,201 #99
1940 25 2,205 2,230 #93
1939 27 2,010 2,037 #99
1938 29 1,912 1,941 #107
1937 19 1,866 1,885 #102
1936 19 1,827 1,846 #104
1935 29 1,865 1,894 #104
1934 23 1,853 1,876 #102
1933 24 1,804 1,828 #100
1932 31 1,863 1,894 #99
1931 35 1,895 1,930 #97
1930 28 2,035 2,063 #94
1929 42 2,030 2,072 #93
1928 41 2,171 2,212 #91
1927 45 2,318 2,363 #89
1926 53 2,298 2,351 #87
1925 52 2,373 2,425 #85
1924 55 2,292 2,347 #86
1923 36 2,387 2,423 #83
1922 35 2,395 2,430 #81
1921 45 2,486 2,531 #77
1920 36 2,420 2,456 #79
1919 48 2,356 2,404 #77
1918 56 2,433 2,489 #78
1917 25 2,200 2,225 #79
1916 31 2,230 2,261 #77
1915 43 2,111 2,154 #77
1914 26 1,457 1,483 #82
1913 31 1,214 1,245 #79
1912 27 1,106 1,133 #74
1911 16 596 612 #72
1910 11 590 601 #60
1909 18 517 535 #59
1908 8 482 490 #62
1907 10 466 476 #63
1906 15 436 451 #58
1905 23 443 466 #54
1904 12 443 455 #53
1903 16 388 404 #57
1902 15 437 452 #50
1901 13 411 424 #49
1900 10 536 546 #50
1899 17 423 440 #47
1898 15 476 491 #47
1897 10 529 539 #38
1896 15 586 601 #35
1895 11 577 588 #35
1894 11 567 578 #38
1893 12 541 553 #36
1892 14 602 616 #35
1891 11 519 530 #35
1890 10 576 586 #33
1889 14 576 590 #31
1888 12 637 649 #32
1887 10 601 611 #26
1886 6 614 620 #29
1885 15 556 571 #31
1884 14 670 684 #27
1883 6 584 590 #28
1882 5 660 665 #26
1881 5 536 541 #27
1880 5 569 574 #28