Jessee
Jessee is a given name and surname. It is a variant spelling of Jesse or Jessie.
Meaning & Origin of Jessee
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Jessee is a given name and surname. It is a variant spelling of Jesse or Jessie.
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The Story of Jessee
As a girl name
American parents first put Jessee on the record books as a girl name in 1925, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1989, when 17 Jessees were born — ranking #5,048 that year. About 39% of every Jessee on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Jessee last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 313 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Jessee on the record books as a boy name in 1880, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1990, when 55 Jessees were born — ranking #1,530 that year. About 24% of every Jessee on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Jessee last appeared in the published SSA data in 2022, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Jessee
Jessee is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Jessee's peak popularity came in 1990 when it ranked #1,530. Use the chart and map above to compare Jessee's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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