Jessie ranks at #296 with 389 entries, and it is one of the most enduringly androgynous short-form names on the chart. The casual-friendly register works across both genders without much friction, and the multiple cultural anchors give it unusual generational reach.
The unisex-short-form tradition
Jessie clusters with Charlie, Frankie, and Sam in the genuinely-unisex register — names that appear comfortably on both male and female pets and avoid the gender-presumption that surrounds names like Bella or Max. The chart shows Jessie with a slight female lean, but male Jessies are common and the spelling does not signal gender on first read.
Sound and breed fit
The two-syllable shape (JES-ee) has a sharp front consonant and a sing-out ending, projection-friendly across distance. Jessie lands across breeds without strong preferences, with Beagles, Cocker Spaniels, mid-sized friendly mixed breeds, and Australian Shepherds carrying it at slightly higher rates. The name does not over-index on any particular breed cluster.
The Toy Story counter-reading
One reading worth flagging: Jessie the Cowgirl from Toy Story 2 (1999) and subsequent films gave the name a specific generational anchor for millennial owners, particularly female ones. The Disney Channel's Jessie series (2011-2015) refreshed the name for a younger cohort. Multiple cultural reads coexist comfortably. The Jessie baby name page shows the spelling at moderate levels on the SSA chart, with the longer Jessica much more common.