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UnisexOrigin: internationalIn Israel: hardly given today

JessiIn Hebrew: ג׳סי · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Jessi (Hebrew: ג׳סי) is a unisex name of international origin. 329 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1983, with 16 babies.

People in Israel
329
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
—
not in the list
Peak year
1983
16 babies
USA, 2025
7
rank #9,714

Writing and saying Jessi

In Hebrew letters the name is ג׳סי, read right to left. Jessi is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Jessi by year: Israel and abroad

How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Jessi: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Jessi in English-speaking countries

Jessi in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States20257#9,7141994 (67)
United Kingdom20253#5,0612006 (3)
England and Wales20253#4,9702006 (3)

Counts for boys. The Hebrew page for Jessi has every year and the other spellings.

Questions about Jessi

How do you write Jessi in Hebrew?

Jessi is written ג׳סי in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Jessi?

329 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name ג׳סי: 126 women and 203 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Jessi a boy's or a girl's name?

Both. In Israel 38% of the people named ג׳סי are women and 62% are men, so we count it as unisex (our threshold: at least 20% of the less common sex).

Is Jessi used outside Israel?

The name Jessi appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 7 boys were given it in 2025 (#9,714), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 3 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.