JESSE is ranked as the 267th most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 250,348.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 78.51 people named JESSE for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 99% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named JESSE is 331,217.
The SSA data also shows that JESSE is used as a boy's name 97% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
JESSE is
64.3% White,
19.1% Hispanic origin,
12.7% Black,
1.9% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.4% Two or More Races,
and 0.7% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name JESSE are not any more likely to be from one specific race or Hispanic origin than any other person drawn from the general population of the US.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name JESSE is included in the following name categories:
Common US feminine given name - Census Bureau Data
Common US masculine given name - Census Bureau Data
Biblical surname
US unisex baby name - Social Security Administration
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
Common Swedish masculine given name - SCB Data
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name JESSE
The state with the most people named
JESSE is
Texas where
33,595 people have this name.
Texas is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named JESSE, as
124.63 in every 100,000
Texans
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
Texas.
Texas is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
6 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
New York
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
5 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name JESSE
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
7,474
58.03
99.4%
Indiana
4,868
73.8
99.1%
Iowa
2,315
74.5
98.8%
Kansas
2,293
78.94
98.3%
Michigan
5,925
59.79
99.5%
Minnesota
5,184
94.99
99.4%
Missouri
3,065
102.35
98.9%
Nebraska
1,222
64.95
97.3%
North Dakota
828
112.01
95.9%
Ohio
7,380
63.65
99.3%
South Dakota
752
88.1
95.3%
Wisconsin
4,825
83.81
99.3%
West States
State stats for the first name JESSE
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
765
103.77
95.7%
Arizona
5,051
75.04
99.0%
California
30,079
77.52
99.8%
Colorado
4,349
81.2
99.1%
Hawaii
951
67.01
98.4%
Idaho
1,429
87.42
97.7%
Montana
965
94.26
96.7%
Nevada
2,302
81.08
98.7%
New Mexico
2,098
100.6
98.2%
Oregon
3,105
78.21
98.8%
Utah
2,716
92.3
98.6%
Washington
5,815
82.34
99.5%
Wyoming
569
97.38
95.3%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name JESSE
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have JESSE as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named JESSE.
The most popular full name is JESSE Smith.
0.88% of all the people named JESSE
have this family name.
There are 17359 last
names associated with this first name.
Top 20 Last Names
paired with the first name JESSE