Jesslyn Girl
How popular is Jesslyn?
#3,974 girl name in 2025
36 baby girls were named Jesslyn in the US in 2025, making it the 3974th most popular girl name.
Jesslyn popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #3,974 for girls (▼ 798 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 36 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-50% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,501 in 2015, #2,065 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2017 (101 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,964 in 2017 |
| First recorded | 1915 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Jesslyn counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Jesslyn family of names ranked #1,258 for girls in 2025 (#1,300 the year before), with 141 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Jesslyn | 36 | 26% |
| Jessalyn | 27 | 19% |
| Jeslyn | 24 | 17% |
| Jessalynn | 13 | 9% |
| Jesslynn | 20 | 14% |
| Jezlyn | 6 | 4% |
| Jeslin | 6 | 4% |
| Jesselyn | 9 | 6% |
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 Jesslyn is most popular
Babies named Jesslyn per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (77 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (34 girls)
- North Carolina: 0.0 per 1,000 (9 girls)
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Jesslyn by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #4,272 |
| 1920s | 18 | #3,559 |
| 1930s | 17 | #3,800 |
| 1940s | 24 | #4,195 |
| 1950s | 39 | #4,736 |
| 1960s | 53 | #4,532 |
| 1970s | 71 | #5,134 |
| 1980s | 180 | #3,560 |
| 1990s | 439 | #2,290 |
| 2000s | 614 | #2,337 |
| 2010s | 809 | #1,964 |
| 2020s | 362 | #2,065 |
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Questions
- Is Jesslyn a boy or girl name?
- Jesslyn is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Jesslyn were girls.
- How popular is the name Jesslyn?
- 36 baby girls were named Jesslyn in the US in 2025, making it the 3974th most popular girl name.
- When was Jesslyn most popular?
- Jesslyn peaked in 2017, when 101 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,964 in 2017.
- How many people are named Jesslyn?
- 2,631 babies have been named Jesslyn in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,548 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 18.
- Where is Jesslyn most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Jesslyn 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.