Jessee
Mostly boys · JES-ee · Hebrew
Jessee is a name of Hebrew origin, meaning “gift”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Jessee mean?
Hebrew: variant of Jesse, from Yishai
“gift”
A variant of Jesse; in the Bible, Jesse of Bethlehem is the father of King David.
- Say it
- JES-ee
Is Jessee a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Jessee has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys.
How popular is Jessee in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1990, with 55 boys.
Half of all the boys named Jessee in the US since 1880 were born between 1955 and 1995, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2004, 27% of the babies named Jessee in the US were girls.
Jessee in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 15 | #5,658 |
| 2006 | 20 | #4,516 |
| 2005 | 16 | #5,029 |
| 2004 | 24 | #3,731 |
| 2003 | 26 | #3,438 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 19 | #4,115 |
| 2000 | 22 | #3,634 |
| 1999 | 21 | #3,586 |
| 1998 | 23 | #3,292 |
| 1997 | 29 | #2,676 |
| 1996 | 33 | #2,375 |
| 1995 | 50 | #1,753 |
| 1994 | 42 | #1,972 |
| 1993 | 43 | #1,902 |
| 1992 | 51 | #1,672 |
| 1991 | 50 | #1,646 |
| 1990 | 55 | #1,525 |
| 1989 | 42 | #1,788 |
| 1988 | 39 | #1,763 |
| 1987 | 31 | #1,970 |
| 1986 | 24 | #2,288 |
| 1985 | 33 | #1,793 |
| 1984 | 30 | #1,841 |
| 1983 | 29 | #1,863 |
| 1982 | 34 | #1,699 |
| 1981 | 24 | #2,137 |
| 1980 | 22 | #2,284 |
| 1979 | 16 | #2,776 |
| 1978 | 16 | #2,668 |
| 1977 | 18 | #2,458 |
| 1976 | 16 | #2,600 |
| 1975 | 25 | #1,883 |
| 1974 | 14 | #2,672 |
| 1973 | 11 | #3,011 |
| 1972 | 8 | #3,620 |
| 1971 | 12 | #2,811 |
| 1970 | 14 | #2,508 |
| 1969 | 9 | #3,061 |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 8 | #2,985 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 9 | #2,853 |
| 1963 | 11 | #2,538 |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,303 |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
| 1960 | 7 | #3,335 |
| 1959 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
| 1957 | 11 | #2,492 |
| 1956 | 12 | #2,359 |
| 1955 | 11 | #2,434 |
| 1954 | 8 | #2,940 |
| 1953 | 12 | #2,286 |
| 1952 | 9 | #2,678 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 7 | #3,020 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 7 | #3,009 |
| 1947 | 8 | #2,861 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 12 | #2,079 |
| 1943 | 7 | #2,962 |
| 1942 | 10 | #2,385 |
| 1941 | 5 | #3,504 |
| 1940 | 9 | #2,478 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,112 |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,326 |
| 1937 | 13 | #1,992 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 8 | #2,719 |
| 1934 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 11 | #2,327 |
| 1930 | 5 | #3,999 |
| 1929 | 15 | #2,002 |
| 1928 | 15 | #2,048 |
| 1927 | 12 | #2,408 |
| 1926 | 14 | #2,186 |
| 1925 | 11 | #2,586 |
| 1924 | 11 | #2,641 |
| 1923 | 10 | #2,771 |
| 1922 | 21 | #1,695 |
| 1921 | 13 | #2,375 |
| 1920 | 14 | #2,230 |
| 1919 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 1918 | 15 | #2,072 |
| 1917 | 10 | #2,561 |
| 1916 | 5 | #3,896 |
| 1915 | 12 | #2,183 |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,270 |
| 1913 | 9 | #1,944 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,588 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,057 |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 6 | #955 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 5 | #921 |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 5 | #971 |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 6 | #809 |
Nicknames for Jessee
- Jess 3 girls in the UK in 2025
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