Jessi Girl
How popular is Jessi?
#3,100 girl name in 2025
52 baby girls were named Jessi in the US in 2025, making it the 3100th most popular girl name. Another 7 boys got the name (#9,710 for boys).
Jessi popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #3,100 for girls (▲ 125 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 52 girls, 7 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-15% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,846 in 2015, #2,850 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1981 (273 girls) |
| Highest rank | #646 in 1981 |
| First recorded | 1959 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 7% boys, 93% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Jessi counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Jessie family of names ranked #646 for girls in 2025 (#639 the year before), with 417 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Jessi is most popular
Babies named Jessi per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (41 girls)
- North Carolina: 0.0 per 1,000 (10 girls)
- Illinois: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (8 girls)
Jessi by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5 | #6,244 |
| 1960s | 31 | #4,778 |
| 1970s | 527 | #1,036 |
| 1980s | 1,960 | #646 |
| 1990s | 1,929 | #826 |
| 2000s | 1,096 | #1,482 |
| 2010s | 698 | #2,136 |
| 2020s | 307 | #2,850 |
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Questions
- Is Jessi a boy or girl name?
- Jessi is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 93% of babies named Jessi were girls.
- How popular is the name Jessi?
- 52 baby girls were named Jessi in the US in 2025, making it the 3100th most popular girl name. Another 7 boys got the name (#9,710 for boys).
- When was Jessi most popular?
- Jessi peaked in 1981, when 273 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #646 in 1981.
- How many people are named Jessi?
- 7,874 babies have been named Jessi in the US since 1880. We estimate about 7,700 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 32.
- Where is Jessi most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Jessi was most common in Texas, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.