Jesse

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Primarily a boy's name · 98% 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 1957 and has been recorded in 58 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1999 with 792 babies (rank #11 that year). It was not in the 2017 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.

16,734
Total babies (all years)
58
Years in the data
792
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
19572#776
19582#808
19593#754
19603#770
19615#678
19624#742
19636#639
19644#747
19654#759
19664#787
19674#812
196810#587
19697#704
19704#847
197118#487
197215#521
197329#345
197425#383
197518#440
197632#333
197731#340
197839#298
197949#262
198054#259
198153#263
198251#265
198362#235
198467#223
198577#201
198675#210
198794#185
1988117#158
1989147#133
1990224#94
1991223#90
1992243#89
1993347#57
1994567#30
1995593#26
1996600#24
1997687#17
1998685#15
1999792#11
2000722#13
2001652#16
2002760#7
2003664#12
2004664#11
2005738#9
2006778#8
2007771#6
2008772#7
2009703#10
2010692#11
2011672#9
2012581#15
2013634#9
2014535#14