Jesslyn
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- JESS-lin
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #3,974 for girls
Jesslyn is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,974th for girls in the US (36 babies).
Where does Jesslyn come from?
Modern: blend of Jess and the -lyn ending
Is Jesslyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Jesslyn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 36 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jesslyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,974th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 36 about 1 in 45,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 36 girls in the US were named Jesslyn, making it the 3,974th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,065th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 101 girls. It first appears in the records in 1915.
2025 had fewer girls named Jesslyn than any year since 1992.
Half of all the girls named Jesslyn in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 56 girls in the US were given Jesslyn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,426, up from #3,974 for this spelling alone.
- Jesslyn 36
- Jesslynn 20
Jesslyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | #3,974 |
| 2024 | 50 | #3,176 |
| 2023 | 50 | #3,225 |
| 2022 | 64 | #2,689 |
| 2021 | 73 | #2,440 |
| 2020 | 89 | #2,065 |
| 2019 | 75 | #2,376 |
| 2018 | 69 | #2,532 |
| 2017 | 101 | #1,964 |
| 2016 | 93 | #2,093 |
| 2015 | 72 | #2,501 |
| 2014 | 80 | #2,304 |
| 2013 | 99 | #1,977 |
| 2012 | 77 | #2,401 |
| 2011 | 79 | #2,346 |
| 2010 | 64 | #2,751 |
| 2009 | 83 | #2,337 |
| 2008 | 74 | #2,538 |
| 2007 | 79 | #2,394 |
| 2006 | 59 | #2,915 |
| 2005 | 66 | #2,576 |
| 2004 | 45 | #3,329 |
| 2003 | 62 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 50 | #2,931 |
| 2001 | 56 | #2,659 |
| 2000 | 40 | #3,329 |
| 1999 | 44 | #2,988 |
| 1998 | 48 | #2,753 |
| 1997 | 43 | #2,817 |
| 1996 | 48 | #2,587 |
| 1995 | 57 | #2,304 |
| 1994 | 57 | #2,290 |
| 1993 | 42 | #2,820 |
| 1992 | 25 | #4,082 |
| 1991 | 30 | #3,534 |
| 1990 | 45 | #2,595 |
| 1989 | 28 | #3,560 |
| 1988 | 23 | #3,888 |
| 1987 | 24 | #3,621 |
| 1986 | 13 | #5,456 |
| 1985 | 20 | #3,982 |
| 1984 | 18 | #4,165 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,456 |
| 1982 | 17 | #4,346 |
| 1981 | 11 | #5,884 |
| 1980 | 14 | #4,977 |
| 1979 | 11 | #5,750 |
| 1978 | 11 | #5,562 |
| 1977 | 12 | #5,212 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,257 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 10 | #5,134 |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
| 1969 | 7 | #5,972 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,041 |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,295 |
| 1962 | 9 | #4,532 |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,308 |
| 1960 | 7 | #5,167 |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,244 |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,324 |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,207 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 5 | #5,672 |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,561 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 6 | #4,736 |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,243 |
| 1948 | 6 | #4,649 |
| 1947 | 7 | #4,343 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 6 | #4,195 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,800 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,899 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,559 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,059 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 5 | #5,007 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,272 |
Nicknames for Jesslyn
- Jess 3 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Jesslyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jazlyn, Jordyn, Jocelyn, Jordan, Jayla, Peyton, Camryn, Myla, Haven, Jayleen, Gracelynn, Jasmine
Other spellings of Jesslyn
Names related to Jesslyn
Joselyn, Jaslyn, Joslyn, Josselyn, Jessalyn, Josslyn, Jeslyn
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn
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, “Jesslyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jesslyn, updated 20 October 2026.