Popularity in the United States (by decade)
Numbers
| Jesse (masculine) | Jesse (feminine) | |||||
| Year | Rank | Percent Used | Rank | Percent Used | ||
| 2020 | #201 | 0.101 | - | - | ||
| 2010 | #165 | 0.124 | - | - | ||
| 2000 | #99 | 0.204 | #1322 | 0.008 | ||
| 1990 | #50 | 0.359 | #691 | 0.016 | ||
| 1980 | #49 | 0.447 | #622 | 0.017 | ||
| 1970 | #66 | 0.262 | #1098 | 0.007 | ||
| 1960 | #142 | 0.115 | - | - | ||
| 1950 | #122 | 0.130 | - | - | ||
| 1940 | #105 | 0.161 | #1923 | 0.001 | ||
| 1930 | #103 | 0.174 | #1469 | 0.002 | ||
| 1920 | #84 | 0.204 | #1155 | 0.004 | ||
| 1910 | #78 | 0.234 | #1111 | 0.004 | ||
| 1900 | #54 | 0.311 | #994 | 0.005 | ||
| 1890 | #38 | 0.438 | #893 | 0.005 | ||
| 1880 | #28 | 0.510 | #718 | 0.007 | ||
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