Jessalyn
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- JES-a-lin
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #4,877 for girls
Jessalyn is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,877th for girls in the US (27 babies).
Where does Jessalyn come from?
Modern: blend of Jess and Lynn, or a variant of Jocelyn
More on Wiktionary.
Is Jessalyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Jessalyn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 27 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jessalyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,877among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 27about 1 in 60,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 55% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 27 girls in the US were named Jessalyn, making it the 4,877th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,015th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 132 girls. It first appears in the records in 1918.
Half of all the girls named Jessalyn in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jessalyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #4,877 |
| 2024 | 26 | #5,018 |
| 2023 | 24 | #5,245 |
| 2022 | 47 | #3,364 |
| 2021 | 32 | #4,322 |
| 2020 | 53 | #3,015 |
| 2019 | 64 | #2,681 |
| 2018 | 55 | #2,961 |
| 2017 | 77 | #2,357 |
| 2016 | 102 | #1,956 |
| 2015 | 116 | #1,793 |
| 2014 | 98 | #2,010 |
| 2013 | 99 | #1,977 |
| 2012 | 100 | #1,955 |
| 2011 | 99 | #1,982 |
| 2010 | 111 | #1,830 |
| 2009 | 98 | #2,076 |
| 2008 | 95 | #2,122 |
| 2007 | 110 | #1,886 |
| 2006 | 118 | #1,761 |
| 2005 | 121 | #1,644 |
| 2004 | 90 | #2,028 |
| 2003 | 107 | #1,754 |
| 2002 | 120 | #1,557 |
| 2001 | 132 | #1,426 |
| 2000 | 106 | #1,656 |
| 1999 | 126 | #1,396 |
| 1998 | 99 | #1,634 |
| 1997 | 78 | #1,881 |
| 1996 | 80 | #1,824 |
| 1995 | 83 | #1,742 |
| 1994 | 81 | #1,781 |
| 1993 | 81 | #1,797 |
| 1992 | 80 | #1,794 |
| 1991 | 84 | #1,721 |
| 1990 | 78 | #1,824 |
| 1989 | 87 | #1,596 |
| 1988 | 80 | #1,613 |
| 1987 | 48 | #2,234 |
| 1986 | 57 | #1,931 |
| 1985 | 58 | #1,905 |
| 1984 | 54 | #1,922 |
| 1983 | 47 | #2,096 |
| 1982 | 28 | #3,092 |
| 1981 | 31 | #2,847 |
| 1980 | 24 | #3,411 |
| 1979 | 13 | #5,091 |
| 1978 | 19 | #3,777 |
| 1977 | 11 | #5,530 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 8 | #4,830 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,973 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,807 |
Nicknames for Jessalyn
- Jess 3 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Jessalyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jazlyn Jordyn Madison Addison Jordan Jocelyn Joselyn Jayla Abigail Jasmine Genesis Emmalyn
Names related to Jessalyn
Jaslyn Jesslyn Josselyn Josslyn Jeslyn Jesslynn Josalyn Jessalynn
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jessalyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jessalyn, updated 20 October 2026.