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Jesse

“God's gift; alternatively, God exists” — Hebrew origin

Girl's name · #2458 in the US (2025) · 80s

Jesse has appeared in US records since 1880 — best rank #517 (1981) · 12,492 babies named Jesse all-time · 1 in 25,000 girls born in 2025.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 4 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Jesses

• Jesse February — South African chess player
• Jesse Randhawa — Indian model
• Jesse Draper — actress and talk show host
• Jesse Woolley — English footballer
• Jesse Q. Sutanto — Chinese-Indonesian writer

In stories & tradition

• Jesse Chambers — The Flash
• Jesse Reeves — The Vampire Chronicles · The Queen of the Damned
• Jesse Faden — Control · Control: The Foundation

What Jesses become

Among 1,697 notable people named Jesse:

Athletes appear 1.61× more often than among typical names — e.g. Jesse February, South African chess player.

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