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Jessie
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60% girls / 40% boys
Origin of the name
Jessie is a pet form of Jessica. In Scotland, it was long used as a pet form of Janet.
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Where babies named Jessie are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Jessie is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Jessie is most common in Mississippi (4.3 times), South Carolina (3.2) and Arkansas (3), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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Where babies named Jessie are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Jessie is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Jessie is most common in Mississippi (7.5 times), Arkansas (4.1) and Alabama (4), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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Girls and boys, decade by decade
| Decade | Girls | Boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 83% | 17% |
| 1890s | 83% | 17% |
| 1900s | 79% | 21% |
| 1910s | 73% | 27% |
| 1920s | 66% | 34% |
| 1930s | 61% | 39% |
| 1940s | 54% | 46% |
| 1950s | 43% | 57% |
| 1960s | 33% | 67% |
| 1970s | 35% | 65% |
| 1980s | 49% | 51% |
| 1990s | 52% | 48% |
| 2000s | 50% | 50% |
| 2010s | 62% | 38% |
| 2020s | 70% | 30% |