Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Jessy” in the USA?

Number of people named “Jessy” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Jessy” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Jessy” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Jessy” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Jessy” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Jessy” by birth year

This chart shows how “Jessy” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1915 6 0.000003274 6 -100%
1916 5 0.000002585 5 -100%
1919 8 0.000003791 8 -100%
1921 6 0.00000257 6 -100%
1922 8 0.000003495 8 -100%
1923 11 0.000004777 11 -100%
1924 6 0.000002519 6 -100%
1925 11 0.000004714 11 -100%
1926 11 0.000004791 11 -100%
1927 9 0.00000388 9 -100%
1928 7 0.000003096 7 -100%
1929 10 0.000004562 10 -100%
1930 15 0.000006747 15 -100%
1931 8 0.000003802 8 -100%
1932 13 0.000006157 13 -100%
1933 7 0.000003501 7 -100%
1934 11 0.000005297 11 -100%
1935 9 0.000004306 9 -100%
1936 7 0.000003369 7 -100%
1937 10 0.000004693 10 -100%
1938 9 0.000004068 9 -100%
1939 11 0.000004992 11 -100%
1940 8 0.000003474 8 -100%
1941 8 0.000003283 8 -100%
1942 5 0.00000183 5 -100%
1943 12 0.000004251 12 -100%
1944 10 0.000003717 10 -100%
1945 11 0.000004146 11 -100%
1946 9 0.000002817 9 -100%
1947 15 0.000004164 15 -100%
1948 9 0.000002607 9 -100%
1949 6 0.000001722 6 -100%
1950 8 0.000002284 8 -100%
1951 12 0.000003258 12 -100%
1952 7 0.000001843 7 -100%
1953 6 0.000001557 6 -100%
1954 10 0.000002512 10 -100%
1955 8 0.000001992 8 -100%
1956 6 0.000001455 6 -100%
1957 10 0.00000238 10 -100%
1958 7 0.000001693 7 -100%
1959 13 0.000003127 13 -100%
1960 13 0.00000313 13 -100%
1961 7 0.00000169 7 -100%
1962 7 0.000001735 7 -100%
1963 7 0.000001768 7 -100%
1964 12 0.000003087 12 -100%
1965 11 0.000003034 11 -100%
1966 6 0.000001726 6 -100%
1967 12 0.000003535 12 -100%
1968 12 0.000003552 5 7 -17%
1969 10 0.000002877 10 -100%
1970 21 0.000005823 5 16 -52%
1971 21 0.000006118 21 -100%
1972 24 0.000007636 24 -100%
1973 29 0.000009613 5 24 -66%
1974 37 0.000012171 7 30 -62%
1975 38 0.000012585 14 24 -26%
1976 62 0.000020433 14 48 -55%
1977 61 0.000019204 12 49 -61%
1978 79 0.000024891 21 58 -47%
1979 81 0.000024346 23 58 -43%
1980 121 0.000035128 31 90 -49%
1981 117 0.000033821 28 89 -52%
1982 120 0.000034208 25 95 -58%
1983 81 0.000023388 23 58 -43%
1984 94 0.000026944 32 62 -32%
1985 130 0.000036424 42 88 -35%
1986 144 0.000040483 41 103 -43%
1987 142 0.000039383 35 107 -51%
1988 153 0.000041407 32 121 -58%
1989 191 0.000049682 67 124 -30%
1990 237 0.000059962 57 180 -52%
1991 230 0.000059046 78 152 -32%
1992 259 0.000067426 71 188 -45%
1993 263 0.000069756 80 183 -39%
1994 249 0.000066978 81 168 -35%
1995 227 0.000061985 77 150 -32%
1996 201 0.000055111 52 149 -48%
1997 196 0.000054058 59 137 -40%
1998 138 0.000037518 45 93 -35%
1999 161 0.000043586 44 117 -45%
2000 127 0.000033599 45 82 -29%
2001 126 0.000033659 46 80 -27%
2002 149 0.000039858 52 97 -30%
2003 144 0.000037872 36 108 -50%
2004 134 0.00003507 40 94 -40%
2005 127 0.000033031 45 82 -29%
2006 114 0.000028816 36 78 -37%
2007 128 0.000032019 38 90 -41%
2008 137 0.000034854 43 94 -37%
2009 126 0.000032983 43 83 -32%
2010 92 0.000024894 30 62 -35%
2011 97 0.000026519 42 55 -13%
2012 70 0.000019139 32 38 -9%
2013 85 0.000023315 32 53 -25%
2014 85 0.000022933 49 36 15%
2015 69 0.000018644 35 34 1%
2016 60 0.000016355 33 27 10%
2017 67 0.000018735 44 23 31%
2018 77 0.000021901 52 25 35%
2019 55 0.000015846 34 21 24%
2020 49 0.000014668 29 20 18%
2021 47 0.000013873 23 24 -2%
2022 60 0.000017735 34 26 13%
2023 63 0.000019026 38 25 21%
2024 52 0.000015623 33 19 27%

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