girls:
174 births since 1991
#5542 (3rd percentile)
boys:
10 births since 1927
#4576 (0th percentile)
overall:
184 births since 1927
#7555 (2nd percentile)
The name Jessel is the #7,555 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 184 recorded births since 1927. This represents the 2.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,542 (3.0% percentile) for all time with 174 births since 1991. For boys, it ranks #4,576 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 10 births since 1927.
Jessel first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1927 (1927 for boys and 1991 for girls). Birth data for Jessel is available in 25 out of the 91 years between 1927 and 2017 (23 years for girls and 2 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Jessel has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 94.6% of all recorded births being female. Interestingly, until around 1991, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1927 to 1990), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (100.0% girls from 1991 to 2017).
For girls, Jessel reached its peak popularity in 2004, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #930) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 2004, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2017.
For boys, Jessel reached its peak popularity in 1927, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #539) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1927, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1953.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jessel".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Jessel is pronounced as JEH-suhl, which has 2 syllables.
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