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Baby name
Jesse
Boy
Origin of the name
Jesse comes from the Hebrew Yishai. In the Bible, Jesse is the father of King David.
Classic name
432,428births since 1880
1980sgeneration
No. 37rank at its peak, in 1981
Where babies named Jesse are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Jesse is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Jesse is most common in Alaska (2.1 times), Wyoming (1.7) and Nevada (1.6), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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