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Jessi

Jessi means "Possibly Hebrew God beholds" and comes from Hebrew, giving it real etymological depth as a girl's name. It peaked back in the 1990s and has been gradually easing since. In the current registry, it is uncommon enough to feel personal. Across the twelve decades this registry covers, it appears in 7 of them.

EtymologyVariant of Jessie, diminutive of Jessica
HebrewPossibly Hebrew "God beholds"
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
0
1920s
0
1930s
0
1940s
0
1950s
5
1960s
31
1970s
604
1980s
2,298
1990s
2,399
2000s
1,405
2010s
666
Peaked in the 1990s · 7,408 total U.S. births since 1900