Jesse

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: Dutch

Meaning

Jesse is a given name of Hebrew origin. It derives its popularity from the biblical figure Jesse, father of Israelite monarch David. The English version is derived from the Latin Iesse, borrowed from the Ancient Greek Iessaรญ, and ultimately from the Hebrew Yiลกay.

From Wikipedia

Jesse first appears in the data in 1981 and has been recorded in 35 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1996 with 576 babies (rank #25 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Jesse

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Jesse yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

9,954
Total babies (all years)
35
Years in the data
576
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
198144#108
1985147#76
1986192#62
1987222#57
1988261#52
1989262#54
1990380#41
1991387#41
1992483#35
1993442#36
1994399#43
1995462#34
1996576#25
1997481#29
1998448#34
1999385#38
2000352#41
2001298#55
2002236#60
2003254#55
2004246#54
2005279#51
2006204#48
2007139#69
2008269#60
2009244#70
2010224#79
2011198#84
2012117#98
2013177#92
2014125#99
2015360#96
2016558#80
201784#119
201819#126