Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Jenessa

#3,291 most common girls' name of all time · #5,619 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1968–2025

Rank among girls
#3,291
Rank overall
#5,619 of 105,966
First appeared
1968
Years on the list
56 of 146
All-time
3,221
Since 2016
265
Peak year
1991 #1,142
Best rank
#1,142 1991
Girls Boys peak 156/yr
198020002020

Jenessa first appears in 1968. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 12 — 12 #8,481
2024 19 — 19 #6,243
2023 15 — 15 #7,351
2022 23 — 23 #5,520
2021 25 — 25 #5,130
2020 28 — 28 #4,685
2019 22 — 22 #5,676
2018 23 — 23 #5,501
2017 46 — 46 #3,406
2016 52 — 52 #3,161
2015 59 — 59 #2,940
2014 67 — 67 #2,628
2013 69 — 69 #2,581
2012 76 — 76 #2,432
2011 98 — 98 #2,011
2010 69 — 69 #2,623
2009 69 — 69 #2,655
2008 80 — 80 #2,407
2007 96 — 96 #2,110
2006 72 — 72 #2,548
2005 115 — 115 #1,725
2004 109 — 109 #1,765
2003 103 — 103 #1,820
2002 98 — 98 #1,834
2001 85 — 85 #2,008
2000 66 — 66 #2,355
1999 81 — 81 #1,953
1998 66 — 66 #2,180
1997 65 — 65 #2,147
1996 52 — 52 #2,466
1995 66 — 66 #2,069
1994 82 — 82 #1,777
1993 83 — 83 #1,772
1992 91 — 91 #1,670
1991 156 — 156 #1,142
1990 116 — 116 #1,370
1989 81 — 81 #1,697
1988 66 — 66 #1,887
1987 81 — 81 #1,564
1986 58 — 58 #1,924
1985 70 — 70 #1,677
1984 87 — 87 #1,366
1983 44 — 44 #2,225
1982 53 — 53 #1,987
1981 42 — 42 #2,369
1980 32 — 32 #2,851
1979 41 — 41 #2,333
1978 27 — 27 #2,991
1977 19 — 19 #3,876
1976 14 — 14 #4,553
1975 5 — 5 #9,822
1974 12 — 12 #4,962
1973 11 — 11 #5,131
1972 13 — 13 #4,503
1970 5 — 5 #8,910
1968 6 — 6 #6,951