Jessie

Meaning: Possibly related to seeing or beholding
Origin: Variant of Jessica (from Hebrew)

Girl's name · #824 in the US (2025) · Timeless

70% girls · 30% boys — Jessie is also given to boys: 126 in 2025, about 30% in recent years. Jessie →

Popularity over time

Jessie holds its lane: charted since 1880 and rarely far from where it stands today (#824 in 2025). About 170,000 girls have carried it along the way. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 29 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#202 in Scotland (2025) · #325 in Netherlands (2025) · #367 in Ireland (2025) · #375 in N. Ireland (2025) · #404 in England & Wales (2025) · #699 in Sweden (2025) · #776 in Ecuador (2025) · #1,378 in Belgium (2025) · #2,018 in France (2025) · #759 in Canada (2024).

Famous Jessies

Jessie J — English singer (born 1988)
Jessie Buckley — Irish actress, singer and songwriter
Jessie Ware — British singer
Jessie Diggins — US-American cross-country skier
Jessie Fleming — Canadian soccer player

In stories & tradition

Jessie — Toy Story 2 (film)
Jessie Anderson — The Walking Dead (TV series)
Jessie Spano — Saved by the Bell (TV series)

What Jessies become

Among 676 notable people named Jessie:

Entertainers appear 1.62× more often than among typical names — e.g. Jessie J, English singer (born 1988).

Similar names: Jessi · Liza · Jesse · Keziah · Janie · Johanna

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