Jennessa
#9,678 most common girls' name of all time · #16,095 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1976–2018
Rank among girls
#9,678
Rank overall
#16,095 of 105,966
First appeared
1976
Years on the list
40 of 146
All-time
618
Since 2016
34
Peak year
2006 #4,214
Best rank
#3,905 1991
Girls
Boys
peak 35/yr
Jennessa first appears in 1976. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,260 |
| 2017 | 10 | — | 10 | #10,162 |
| 2016 | 19 | — | 19 | #6,495 |
| 2015 | 14 | — | 14 | #8,165 |
| 2014 | 16 | — | 16 | #7,427 |
| 2013 | 8 | — | 8 | #12,309 |
| 2012 | 18 | — | 18 | #6,994 |
| 2011 | 25 | — | 25 | #5,451 |
| 2010 | 23 | — | 23 | #5,863 |
| 2009 | 32 | — | 32 | #4,625 |
| 2008 | 22 | — | 22 | #6,228 |
| 2007 | 29 | — | 29 | #5,015 |
| 2006 | 35 | — | 35 | #4,214 |
| 2005 | 23 | — | 23 | #5,514 |
| 2004 | 24 | — | 24 | #5,283 |
| 2003 | 23 | — | 23 | #5,324 |
| 2002 | 17 | — | 17 | #6,547 |
| 2001 | 20 | — | 20 | #5,700 |
| 2000 | 16 | — | 16 | #6,654 |
| 1999 | 18 | — | 18 | #5,791 |
| 1998 | 15 | — | 15 | #6,550 |
| 1997 | 7 | — | 7 | #11,319 |
| 1996 | 6 | — | 6 | #12,468 |
| 1995 | 7 | — | 7 | #11,071 |
| 1994 | 15 | — | 15 | #6,189 |
| 1993 | 17 | — | 17 | #5,595 |
| 1992 | 16 | — | 16 | #5,915 |
| 1991 | 27 | — | 27 | #3,905 |
| 1990 | 17 | — | 17 | #5,489 |
| 1989 | 11 | — | 11 | #7,282 |
| 1988 | 8 | — | 8 | #8,914 |
| 1987 | 10 | — | 10 | #7,200 |
| 1986 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,971 |
| 1985 | 11 | — | 11 | #6,373 |
| 1984 | 13 | — | 13 | #5,496 |
| 1983 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,872 |
| 1982 | 8 | — | 8 | #8,072 |
| 1980 | 8 | — | 8 | #8,045 |
| 1979 | 9 | — | 9 | #7,237 |
| 1976 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,632 |