NameTides

Jesse

Jesse was the #184 boys' name in the US in 2025 (2,002 babies), and #51 in England & Wales and #197 in Canada.

Jesse as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Jesse as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesNorthern IrelandIrelandUSCanadaScotland
Jesse as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#184 (2,002)#51 (980)#226 (18)#99 (24)#141 (38)#197 (172)——
2024#185 (1,996)#54 (976)#290 (13)#102 (23)#179 (28)#227 (146)——
2023#202 (1,828)#59 (918)#278 (13)#121 (20)#133 (42)#211 (154)——
2022#192 (1,979)#66 (882)#191 (23)#125 (20)#142 (42)#231 (144)——
2021#203 (1,908)#64 (929)#286 (14)#200 (11)#215 (23)#222 (153)——
2020#203 (1,887)#68 (841)#292 (13)#159 (14)#198 (25)#211 (164)——
2019#200 (1,979)#69 (859)#320 (11)#169 (14)#208 (25)#221 (166)——
2018#186 (2,146)#75 (861)#433 (7)#141 (17)#177 (32)#195 (191)——
2017#186 (2,106)#90 (750)#442 (7)#132 (20)#230 (24)#199 (193)—#96 (68)
2016#174 (2,310)#94 (723)#592 (4)#143 (20)#218 (25)#186 (205)——
2015#178 (2,357)#110 (573)#470 (6)#237 (8)#239 (22)#197 (188)——
2014#172 (2,469)#112 (546)#399 (8)#264 (7)#208 (28)#163 (230)#93 (109)—
2013#156 (2,571)#141 (417)#520 (5)#303 (5)#271 (18)#159 (231)#98 (106)#97 (71)
2012#150 (2,712)#198 (281)—#346 (4)#500 (6)#143 (277)#95 (117)—
2011#140 (2,973)#184 (304)#648 (3)#231 (8)#366 (11)#131 (297)#99 (107)#74 (91)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1887 at #26.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 850 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 850common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 280common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 350common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 620common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 930common

Next year

On its recent trend, Jesse is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 850 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 790 to 1 in 900.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Jesse by state, 2025Alaska: #165AKMaine: #206MEWisconsin: #217WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #152WAIdaho: #150IDMontana: #62MTNorth Dakota: #170NDMinnesota: #357MNIllinois: #237ILMichigan: #160MINew York: #248NYMassachusetts: #259MAOregon: #230ORNevada: #171NVWyoming: #89WYSouth Dakota: #145SDIowa: #232IAIndiana: #163INOhio: #151OHPennsylvania: #151PANew Jersey: #313NJConnecticut: #296CTRhode Island: #125RICalifornia: #154CAUtah: #170UTColorado: #149CONebraska: #179NEMissouri: #207MOKentucky: #163KYWest Virginia: #227WVVirginia: #210VAMaryland: #136MDDelaware: #168DEArizona: #193AZNew Mexico: #106NMKansas: #205KSArkansas: #159ARTennessee: #152TNNorth Carolina: #166NCSouth Carolina: #188SCDistrict of Columbia: #139DCOklahoma: #187OKLouisiana: #198LAMississippi: #151MSAlabama: #186ALGeorgia: #189GAHawaii: #126HITexas: #171TXFlorida: #207FL
Jesse (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#18372
Quebec2025#35313

Jesse (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
JesseCanadaGirls—too few
JesseCanadaBoys#197172
JesseEngland & WalesGirls#2,7889
JesseEngland & WalesBoys#51980
JesseIrelandGirls—too few
JesseIrelandBoys#14138
JesseNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
JesseNorthern IrelandBoys#9924
JesseNSWBoys—too few
JesseScotlandGirls—too few
JesseScotlandBoys#22618
JesseUSGirls#2,45872
JesseUSBoys#1842,002
JesseVICBoys—too few