Is Jessee a boy or girl name?

Jessee is mostly a boy’s name. Of the 1,958 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 16.0% were girls and 84.0% were boys. It changed hands in 2003, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Jessee

Recorded 1880–2024 · United States

Jessee was most popular in 1990, when 72 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,148 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,958 people named Jessee.

Jessee over time

Births per year. The dot marks Jessee’s peak in 1990. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Jessee a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Jessee is mostly a boy’s name — 16.0% of the 1,958 Americans given it were girls and 84.0% were boys. It changed hands: since 2003 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 20% girls and 80% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Jessee

Where Jessee is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org