Jessalyn
2025 SSA
About Jessalyn
With a hint of the floral Jessamyn, the familiarity of Jessica, and reminiscent of sweet but strong Jocelyn, this compound name was quietly but consistently used from the 80s until the mid 2010s when it began to fall out of favor. This fall coincided with both Jessica dropping out of the US Top 200, and, interestingly, with Jojo and Jessalynn Siwa's appearance on reality TV show Dance Moms.
Pronounced JES-uh-lin.
As of October 2026, Jessalyn ranked #4928 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1405 in 1999.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #2,017 | 98 | 54.9 |
| 2015 | #1,803 | 116 | 65 |
| 2016 | #1,964 | 102 | 57.6 |
| 2017 | #2,368 | 77 | 44.6 |
| 2018 | #2,976 | 55 | 32.3 |
| 2019 | #2,694 | 64 | 38.1 |
| 2020 | #3,039 | 53 | 32.8 |
| 2021 | #4,364 | 32 | 19.5 |
| 2022 | #3,389 | 47 | 28.7 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | #4,928 | 27 | 16.8 |
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Famous Jessalyns
- Jessalyn Sarah Gilsig
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- Jessalyn Wanlim
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- Jessalyn Van Trump
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- Jessalyn Pearl Hall
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Jessalyn in pop culture
- Jessalyn Thornton
main character in the Nancy Drew computer game "The Ghost of Thornton Hall"