Jessey
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- JES-ee
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Jessey is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Jessey mean?
Hebrew: respelling of Jesse
A respelling of Jesse, the biblical father of King David.
Is Jessey a girl's or a boy's name?
Jessey is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jessey in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,710th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Jessey, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 1994, with 48 boys. It first appears in the records in 1920.
Half of all the boys named Jessey in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,170 boys in the US were given Jessey or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #186, up from #9,710 for this spelling alone.
In 2002, 41% of the babies named Jessey in the US were girls.
Jessey in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2009 | 21 | #4,580 |
| 2008 | 18 | #5,063 |
| 2007 | 16 | #5,431 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 22 | #3,789 |
| 2001 | 16 | #4,670 |
| 2000 | 22 | #3,634 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 23 | #3,292 |
| 1997 | 22 | #3,256 |
| 1996 | 26 | #2,833 |
| 1995 | 36 | #2,205 |
| 1994 | 48 | #1,790 |
| 1993 | 35 | #2,204 |
| 1992 | 33 | #2,248 |
| 1991 | 41 | #1,889 |
| 1990 | 42 | #1,835 |
| 1989 | 41 | #1,826 |
| 1988 | 21 | #2,677 |
| 1987 | 22 | #2,464 |
| 1986 | 22 | #2,427 |
| 1985 | 25 | #2,170 |
| 1984 | 20 | #2,436 |
| 1983 | 22 | #2,271 |
| 1982 | 16 | #2,830 |
| 1981 | 22 | #2,269 |
| 1980 | 17 | #2,728 |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,567 |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 11 | #3,262 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 11 | #3,118 |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 7 | #3,242 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 6 | #3,533 |
| 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 | 5 | #3,640 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 5 | #3,761 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,245 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,208 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,153 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,465 |
| 1922 | 6 | #3,870 |
| 1921 | 7 | #3,516 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,207 |
Names like Jessey
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jacob, Jordan, Jared, Jeremy, Joshua, Adam, Jake, Jonah, Caleb, Nathan, Jeremiah, Justin
Other spellings of Jessey
Names related to Jessey
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo
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, “Jessey: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jessey, updated 20 October 2026.