How rare is the name Jessi?

8,230 people in the United States have the first name Jessi, about 1 in 36,699. It ranks #2,811 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

JESSI

#2,811

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,230
About
1 in 36,699
This common or more
80.9%
Who bears it

Of the 8,230 people named Jessi, 70.8% reported their origin as White, 18.5% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.1% as two or more races. 83.7% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Jessi peaked in 1981, when 317 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19592025
Peak year
1981
Births that year
317
In 2025*
59 ▼81%
Recorded as
mostly female

At least 7,874 babies have been given the name since 1959. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Jessi by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #1,322. The largest share of babies named Jessi, 50.3%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1950s#14,8235
1960s#10,71831
1970s#2,631603
1980s#1,3222,297
1990s#1,5152,400
2000s#2,6171,405
2010s#4,096801
2020s#5,235332
Baby boom 1946–640.1%
Generation X 1965–8010.3%
Millennials 1981–9650.3%
Generation Z 1997–1228.5%
2013 and later10.8%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Jessi is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jessi has been most common in Texas (2.1×), California (2.1×), and Utah (1.9×), and least common in New York (0.57×).

4,078 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Jessi

#2,809 Kirstin · 8,232#2,809 Maegan · 8,232#2,812 Tien · 8,223#2,813 Lucian · 8,220

Spelled almost the same

7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jessi, most common first.

#175 Jesse · 293,709#537 Jessie · 104,536#1,704 Jess · 18,154#2,930 Jessy · 7,736#3,593 Jessa · 5,700#15,849 Jessia · 720#16,056 Jesi · 708

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