Jessy

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Jessy: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Jessy: Recorded since 1996, it reached #842 in 2007, and it stood at #5,119 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
37times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#842highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1755
1997	#3824
1998	#2407
1999	#2770
2000	#2416
2001	#3998
2002	#2301
2003	#4373
2005	#2970
2006	#2509
2007	#3218
2008	#3397
2009	#3422
2010	#4688
2011	#3549
2012	#4838
2013	#2176
2014	#4003
2015	#5730
2016	#2966
2017	#3583
2019	#3151
2020	#4535
2021	#3192
2023	#3598
2024	#5891

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 26 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2007: #842 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #3218 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1755 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Jessy appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 26 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 149 births with the name.

Jessy across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Jessy's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#1755 (1996)	#1755 (1996)	#5891 (2024)	26 of 29	149 (1996–2024)	12 (2013)
England and Wales · Boys	#2220 (2001)	#2220 (2001)	#5119 (2024)	10 of 24	40 (2001–2024)	6 (2008)

Jessy by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Jessy in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	23	4 of 10	6
2000sbusiest	51	9 of 10	6
2010s	55	9 of 10	6
2020s	20	4 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Jessy appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #842 in Republic of Ireland in 2007.

Jessy's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#5891	3	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#5119	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3598	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4001	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3192	7	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3990	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3151	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#4702	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3583	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3996	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2966	8	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#5730	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4003	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2176	12	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4838	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3549	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3422	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3397	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2775	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3218	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3095	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2509	8	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2970	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2301	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2220	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2416	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2770	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2407	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1755	9	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#842	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #842, first reached in 2007.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in England and Wales in 2013.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2007, and 11 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Jessie · #46, 42y
Jessika · #523, 27y
Jet · #1704, 24y
Jethro · #398, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Anneliese · #842, 29y
Leticia · #842, 29y
Niah · #842, 28y
Avni · #841, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Abigaile · #842, 13y
Anneliese · #842, 29y
Giada · #842, 19y
Ifrah · #842, 29y

Jessy was ranked #842 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2007. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Jessy and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Jessy without appearing here.

Jessy moved ahead of

Helene Compare
In 2016 they stood at #5730 and #4103 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #3583 and #5765.
Tracey Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4535 and #4535 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #3598 and #5687.
Kristin Compare
In 2015 they stood at #5730 and #4736 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2966 and #4763.
Tyler Compare
In 2015 they stood at #5730 and #5730 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2966 and #4763.

Moved ahead of Jessy

Fiadh Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4003 and #5691 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #5730 and #2705.
Aria Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2301 and #2540 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #4373 and #1472.
Beau Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2416 and #3247 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #3998 and #1107.
Shea Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3598 and #5687 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #5891 and #3015.

Moved the opposite way to Jessy

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Jessy went from #1755 to #5891 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Jessy went from #1755 to #5891 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Jessy went from #1755 to #5891 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Jessy went from #1755 to #5891 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Jessy

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Jessy went from #1755 to #5891 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Jessy went from #1755 to #5891 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Jessy went from #1755 to #5891 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Jessy went from #1755 to #5891 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #842 in Republic of Ireland in 2007. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Jessy

Jessy at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Jessy across 2 official records

Jessy by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Jessy appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Jessy at a glance

Jessy across 2 official records

Jessy by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Jessy appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Jessy

Jessy and the names beside it

Jessy moved ahead of

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