Jessie

What Jessie means

Diminutive of Jessica, possibly meaning “Iscah in Genesis 11:29…

diminutive of the female given name Jessica || First used by William Shakespeare in Merchant of Venice in the early 17th century, probably from Hebrew יִסְכָּה (yiská, “Iscah in Genesis 11:29, Jescha in the Wycliffe version”), a proper name meaning "he will see/behold/look for", the 3ms

Source: Wiktionary, “Jessie” (revision 90571063) and “Jessica” (revision 93871057), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Jessie?

US: Falling: down from #613 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #245 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1882, when 806 girls got the name (#37 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 4,871 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 2,508 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 895 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in LA (0.79 per 1,000 girls), AR (0.66 per 1,000 girls), KY (0.46 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Jessie is #823 in the US and #403 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 72.4% of US babies named Jessie were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Josie3,021 US · 186 E&W
• Jaysie7 US
• Jossie6 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Jessie

Girls

• Anne#619Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1959, with 5,745 babies; 472 in 2025
• Lisa#987“Locally Integrated Software Architecture”^*
• Deborah#862“bee”^*
• Mary#125Same root as Miriam, possibly meaning “bitter”^*
• Rebecca#349“enchantingly beautiful, captivating, snare”^*
• Danielle#549Feminine form of Daniel, meaning “God is my judge”^*

For a brother

• James#6“May He Heel”^*
• Adam#101“earth, man, soil, light brown”^*
• Jeremy#292Form of Jeremiah, meaning “Yahweh exalt”^*
• John#23possibly “God is gracious”^*
• Jon#951Variant of John, possibly meaning “God is gracious”^*
• Aaron#80Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1989, with 15,308 babies; 4,041 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under French, Hebrew, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Jessie’s. Rank is US 2025.