girls:
2k births since 1968
#3796 (34th percentile)
boys:
4.6k births since 1915
#1772 (61st percentile)
overall:
6.7k births since 1915
#3296 (57th percentile)
The name Jessy is the #3,296 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 6,669 recorded births since 1915. This represents the 57.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 57.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,772 (61.3% percentile) for all time with 4,633 births since 1915. For girls, it ranks #3,796 (33.6% percentile) for all time with 2,036 births since 1968.
Jessy first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1915 (1915 for boys and 1968 for girls). Birth data for Jessy is available in 106 out of the 109 years between 1915 and 2023 (106 years for boys and 53 years for girls). 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 Jessy has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (69.5% of all recorded births). In 2023, 39.7% of babies named Jessy were boys. Interestingly, until around 2017, the name was more popular for boys (71.5% boys from 1915 to 2016), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (60.7% girls from 2017 to 2023).
For boys, Jessy reached its peak popularity in 1992, achieving the 23.1% percentile (ranked #592) with 90 births per million. The name was most common in 1992, with 90 births per million (ranked 23.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Jessy ranks #891 for boys (2.2% percentile) with 14 births per million, which is 15.2% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Jessy reached its peak popularity in 1994, achieving the 9.0% percentile (ranked #769) with 42 births per million. The name was most common in 1994, with 42 births per million (ranked 9.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Jessy ranks #914 for girls (3.5% percentile) with 22 births per million, which is 52.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jessy".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Jessy is pronounced as JEH-see, which has 2 syllables.
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