Jesse-James
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- JES-ee-JAYMZ
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,859 for boys
Jesse-James is a boys' name of Modern origin, meaning “Jesse + James”. In 2025 it ranked 1,859th for boys in the UK (14 babies).
What does Jesse-James mean?
Modern: combination of Jesse and James
“Jesse + James”
Echoes the American outlaw Jesse James, a legendary figure of the Wild West.
Is Jesse-James a girl's or a boy's name?
Jesse-James is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jesse-James in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,859th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 21,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the UK were named Jesse-James, making it the 1,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,462nd. Its busiest year was 2019, with 23 boys.
Half of all the boys named Jesse-James in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,795th in England and Wales.
Jesse-James in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #1,859 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,149 |
| 2023 | 16 | #1,643 |
| 2022 | 15 | #1,708 |
| 2021 | 19 | #1,422 |
| 2020 | 18 | #1,462 |
| 2019 | 23 | #1,230 |
| 2018 | 18 | #1,486 |
| 2017 | 18 | #1,490 |
| 2016 | 15 | #1,723 |
| 2015 | 18 | #1,476 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,378 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,080 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,311 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
Names like Jesse-James
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Elias, Jax, Tobias, Elijah, Jasper, Jesse, Theodore, Jaxon, Otis, Jonah, Joey, Arthur
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jesse-James: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jesse-james, updated 20 October 2026.