Jessie
Pronounced JH EH1 S IY0 (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 1918
- 145 years in use
- Biblical
- 4 spellings
How popular is Jessie?
Jessie is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 191,139 children — the 229th most common girls' name on record.
Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 1918, when 3,652 children were given it.
Four other spellings are counted in that total — Jesse, Jessi, Jessy and one more — because they are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Jessie and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Jesse
- Jessi
- Jessy
- Jessye
Nicknames
Jessie is itself a short form of Jessica.
Characteristics
- Biblical (Person)
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- JH EH1 S IY0
- Stress pattern:
- 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Jessie
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Jessie
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Jessie?
- Jessie ranks 229th among girls' names in US records, with 191,139 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 5,672.
- Is Jessie a unisex name?
- No. Jessie is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Jessie most popular?
- 1918, when 3,652 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Jessie spelled?
- Jesse, Jessi, Jessy, Jessye. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.