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How popular is the name Jesse?
Births per year, rank history and how many Jesses are alive today.
Jesse (male) is currently the 51st most popular boys' name in England and Wales, with 980 babies given the name in 2025. It has risen strongly over the past decade. At least 46,000 babies have been named Jesse in England and Wales since 1904. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
The Jesse you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old. Half of all Jesses born in England and Wales are between 8 and 65, and there are at least 28,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly an 8.8% chance that at least one of them will be called Jesse.
How many babies are named Jesse each year?
Where does Jesse rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Jesse most popular?
Jesse peaked in 2025, when 980 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Jesse?
At least 28,000 people named Jesse born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Jesse?
Most living Jesses are between 8 and 65; the most common age is about 2.
Is Jesse becoming more or less popular?
Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.