Given name & surname

Jesson

Jesson is used as a given name and a surname.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Jesson isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1980. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Jesson through the years

Babies since 1880
98
98 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
2006
11 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Jesson in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1980–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 8 in 2017. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 11 in 2006. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 234 as a first name in 2020; 427 as a surname in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Jesson’s family of names

In English usage, Jesson as a surname has a related form in Jason.

Walk Jesson’s family in the name graph

JessonJason

The ring: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Jesson, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

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Joedon

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

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Jiron

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>99% boys

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Jaison

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>99% boys

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Jeshaun

Jeshaun is a masculine given name from English. It is used in French.

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

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Edmilson

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>99% boys

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Jaaron

11Very rare

>99% boys

Modern

Jaxzon

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>99% boys

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Jalein

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Jesson’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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