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.

Jessee*

#3,178 most common boys' name of all time · #7,710 across all names · 84% male / 16% female · used 1880–2024 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#3,178
Rank overall
#7,710 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
110 of 146
All-time
1,958
Since 2016
55
Peak year
1990 #1,532
Best rank
#877 1880
Girls Boys peak 72/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Jessee 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
2024 5 — 5 —
2022 — 7 7 #9,836
2021 — 5 5 #12,183
2020 — 6 6 #10,634
2019 — 8 8 #8,905
2018 — 5 5 #12,190
2017 6 6 12 #10,805
2016 — 7 7 #9,682
2015 — 8 8 #8,762
2014 7 5 12 #12,141
2013 — 8 8 #8,813
2012 — 7 7 #9,724
2011 — 14 14 #5,955
2010 5 14 19 #6,043
2009 — 7 7 #9,878
2008 — 15 15 #5,773
2007 6 15 21 #5,667
2006 8 20 28 #4,525
2005 7 16 23 #5,039
2004 9 24 33 #3,742
2003 11 26 37 #3,448
2002 16 10 26 #6,537
2001 11 19 30 #4,130
2000 10 22 32 #3,647
1999 9 21 30 #3,596
1998 10 23 33 #3,299
1997 11 29 40 #2,684
1996 15 33 48 #2,385
1995 17 50 67 #1,762
1994 8 42 50 #1,982
1993 13 43 56 #1,909
1992 11 51 62 #1,682
1991 11 50 61 #1,656
1990 17 55 72 #1,532
1989 17 42 59 #1,794
1988 8 39 47 #1,771
1987 9 31 40 #1,979
1986 10 24 34 #2,298
1985 8 33 41 #1,800
1984 10 30 40 #1,849
1983 — 29 29 #1,874
1982 9 34 43 #1,706
1981 7 24 31 #2,147
1980 7 22 29 #2,291
1979 — 16 16 #2,787
1978 — 16 16 #2,688
1977 — 18 18 #2,474
1976 — 16 16 #2,612
1975 — 25 25 #1,892
1974 — 14 14 #2,682
1973 — 11 11 #3,031
1972 — 8 8 #3,651
1971 — 12 12 #2,829
1970 — 14 14 #2,522
1969 — 9 9 #3,078
1968 — 6 6 #3,705
1967 — 5 5 #4,004
1966 — 8 8 #3,011
1964 — 9 9 #2,877
1963 — 11 11 #2,557
1962 — 7 7 #3,327
1961 — 5 5 #4,107
1960 — 7 7 #3,359
1959 — 9 9 #2,843
1958 — 5 5 #3,975
1957 — 11 11 #2,510
1956 — 12 12 #2,372
1955 — 11 11 #2,445
1954 — 8 8 #2,964
1953 — 12 12 #2,301
1952 — 9 9 #2,696
1950 — 7 7 #3,045
1948 — 7 7 #3,033
1947 — 8 8 #2,888
1944 — 12 12 #2,094
1943 — 7 7 #2,984
1942 — 10 10 #2,409
1941 — 5 5 #3,544
1940 — 9 9 #2,504
1939 — 6 6 #3,140
1938 — 10 10 #2,345
1937 — 13 13 #2,007
1935 — 8 8 #2,743
1934 — 8 8 #2,776
1933 — 7 7 #3,022
1931 — 11 11 #2,347
1930 — 5 5 #4,037
1929 — 15 15 #2,024
1928 — 15 15 #2,066
1927 — 12 12 #2,421
1926 — 14 14 #2,203
1925 5 11 16 #2,604
1924 — 11 11 #2,655
1923 — 10 10 #2,789
1922 — 21 21 #1,709
1921 — 13 13 #2,383
1920 — 14 14 #2,245
1919 — 11 11 #2,530
1918 — 15 15 #2,086
1917 — 10 10 #2,580
1916 — 5 5 #3,939
1915 — 12 12 #2,198
1914 — 9 9 #2,293
1913 — 9 9 #1,969
1910 — 5 5 #1,623
1901 — 5 5 #1,108
1892 — 6 6 #997
1887 — 5 5 #976
1884 — 5 5 #1,010
1880 — 6 6 #877