Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Jessie

Gender

Male

Origin

Hebrew
Wealthy: Variant of Jesse Jehovah exists.
Rich

Syllables

2

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Jessie

Pronunciation

j(es)-sie

Celebrity Babies

Daughter of John Denver

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1922 (rank #111, 1,592 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1425, 126 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1918 (rank #75, 3,591 births); most recent 2025 (rank #823, 330 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025126330
2024156348
2023136354
2022182356
2021143356
2020155388
2019194417
2018178449
2017216453
2016247460

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2007 (rank #1440, 15 births); most recent 2025 (rank #3655, 5 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2012 (rank #168, 303 births); most recent 2025 (rank #403, 101 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoysGirls
20255101
2024–125
20238126
20223121
20216149
2020–156
201911178
20186167
20179191
201611208

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 1986 (rank #550, 37 births); most recent 2016 (rank #4934, 3 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1986 (rank #217, 251 births); most recent 2023 (rank #1859, 16 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoysGirls
2023–16
2022–20
2021–29
2020–32
2019–51
2018–51
2017–46
2016347
2015–52
2014–62

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2001 (rank #347, 4 births); most recent 2015 (rank #699, 3 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2015 (rank #244, 21 births); most recent 2025 (rank #353, 11 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoysGirls
2025–11
2024–14
2023–10
2022–15
2021–10
2020–19
2019–8
2018–16
2017–11
2016–12

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 2021 (rank #177, 24 births); most recent 2025 (rank #198, 20 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
202520
202411
202321
202215
202124
202015
201918
201822
201710
201618

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Northern Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2017 (rank #134, 17 births); most recent 2025 (rank #334, 4 births)
Births by year in Northern Ireland
YearGirls
20254
20245
20238
20228
202110
20209
20198
201811
201717
20166

Top girl names · Top boy names in Northern Ireland (2025)

Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Baby Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1997 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 1991 (rank #168, 21 births); most recent 1999 (rank #375, 7 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1997 (rank #100, 36 births); most recent 2022 (rank #484, 7 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoysGirls
2023––
2022–7
2021––
2020–9
2019–11
2018–10
2017–9
2016–13
2015–12
2014–18

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence