girls:
6.4k births since 1959
#2059 (64th percentile)
boys:
1.3k births since 1970
#3301 (28th percentile)
overall:
7.8k births since 1959
#3060 (60th percentile)
The name Jessi is the #3,060 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 7,763 recorded births since 1959. This represents the 60.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 60.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,059 (64.0% percentile) for all time with 6,449 births since 1959. For boys, it ranks #3,301 (28.0% percentile) for all time with 1,314 births since 1970.
Jessi first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1959 (1959 for girls and 1970 for boys). Birth data for Jessi is available in 60 out of the 65 years between 1959 and 2023 (60 years for girls and 49 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 Jessi has been given predominantly to girls, with 83.1% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 90.9% of babies named Jessi were girls.
For girls, Jessi reached its peak popularity in 1981, achieving the 32.5% percentile (ranked #525) with 153 births per million. The name was most common in 1981, with 153 births per million (ranked 32.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Jessi ranks #902 for girls (4.8% percentile) with 29 births per million, which is 18.7% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Jessi reached its peak popularity in 1994, achieving the 8.0% percentile (ranked #714) with 33 births per million. The name was most common in 1994, with 33 births per million (ranked 8.0% percentile). Despite a low point around 2009, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for boys. Currently, Jessi ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 8.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jessi".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Jessi", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 14 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Jesse" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Jesse..
Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Jessi. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 88.9% confident that Jessi is pronounced as JEH-see, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is jeh-see, at 11.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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