Jesse
Jesse stands at #184 nationally in 2025, holding steady. First recorded 1880, best year 1981, 432,428 bearers across the whole run.
What Jesse carries
Jesse · Hebrew
“the Lord is”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
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Five printables for Jesse, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Jesse since 1880
Jesse peaked in 1981 at #37; #184 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Jesse is most common
Among the states, Jesse takes its largest share in Wyoming, 0.46% of the boys' names recorded there in 2025, with Montana and Rhode Island next.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Jesse
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Jordan
#131 in 2025 · Hebrew
Joshua
#66 in 2025 · Hebrew
Molly
#196 in 2025 · Hebrew
Sara
#198 in 2025 · Hebrew
Joel
#219 in 2025 · Hebrew
Ana
#245 in 2025 · Hebrew
Rachel
#250 in 2025 · Hebrew
Adam
#101 in 2025 · Hebrew
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About Jesse
How popular is the name Jesse?
Jesse stands at #184 nationally in 2025, holding steady. Every point on the chart is the SSA's own count, back to 1880.
What does Jesse mean?
In our cited reference the recorded gloss is “the Lord is”, of Hebrew origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
Is there a sibling name for Jesse?
On origin, era, syllables and first letter, Jordan sits closest, with Joshua and Molly just behind. Give the matcher the names already in the house and it scores the whole top thousand against them.
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