Over the past 110 years, 403 324 boys and 7 437 girls have been named Jesse. The name Jesse ranks 79th in the United States among the most common names for boys. For the first time more than ten times newborns were named Jesse in 1910. The peak of popularity of the name Jesse came in the 1980s and 1990s. You can see absolute numbers and relative numbers on the chart. Indicators per 100K more accurately assess the popularity of the name.