Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Jessie

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Jessie
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 90.3% from peak

Peak era

1918

Peak rank proxy

3,591

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19182024

Peak year

1918

Decline from peak

90.3%

2024

348

All-time

169,704

Jessie once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1918, when 3,591 girls were named Jessie.

In 2024, only 348 girls were given the name.

Down 90.3% from its peak.

All told, about 169,704 Americans have been named Jessie and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 90.3% from peak

19183,591 girls named Jessie

2024348 girls named Jessie

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