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.

Jesses

#19,595 most common boys' name of all time · #51,481 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1922–1989

Rank among boys
#19,595
Rank overall
#51,481 of 105,966
First appeared
1922
Years on the list
9 of 146
All-time
51
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1939 #2,820
Best rank
#2,820 1939
Girls Boys peak 8/yr
194019601980

Jesses first appears in 1922. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1989 — 6 6 #7,183
1979 — 5 5 #6,373
1973 — 5 5 #5,374
1957 — 6 6 #3,838
1942 — 5 5 #3,965
1939 — 8 8 #2,820
1936 — 5 5 #3,967
1934 — 6 6 #3,636
1922 — 5 5 #4,895