Jessa
#2,127 most common girls' name of all time · #3,615 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1918–2025
Rank among girls
#2,127
Rank overall
#3,615 of 105,966
First appeared
1918
Years on the list
57 of 146
All-time
6,467
Since 2016
1,922
Peak year
2015 #545
Best rank
#545 2015
Girls
Boys
peak 572/yr
Jessa first appears in 1918. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 83 | — | 83 | #2,225 |
| 2024 | 96 | — | 96 | #2,033 |
| 2023 | 99 | — | 99 | #1,989 |
| 2022 | 122 | — | 122 | #1,713 |
| 2021 | 179 | — | 179 | #1,287 |
| 2020 | 167 | — | 167 | #1,321 |
| 2019 | 187 | — | 187 | #1,247 |
| 2018 | 242 | — | 242 | #1,059 |
| 2017 | 314 | — | 314 | #873 |
| 2016 | 433 | — | 433 | #676 |
| 2015 | 572 | — | 572 | #545 |
| 2014 | 332 | — | 332 | #834 |
| 2013 | 208 | — | 208 | #1,154 |
| 2012 | 255 | — | 255 | #990 |
| 2011 | 222 | — | 222 | #1,112 |
| 2010 | 242 | — | 242 | #1,031 |
| 2009 | 196 | — | 196 | #1,254 |
| 2008 | 124 | — | 124 | #1,776 |
| 2007 | 145 | — | 145 | #1,562 |
| 2006 | 138 | — | 138 | #1,569 |
| 2005 | 90 | — | 90 | #2,078 |
| 2004 | 116 | — | 116 | #1,673 |
| 2003 | 92 | — | 92 | #1,972 |
| 2002 | 78 | — | 78 | #2,147 |
| 2001 | 98 | — | 98 | #1,812 |
| 2000 | 91 | — | 91 | #1,874 |
| 1999 | 84 | — | 84 | #1,878 |
| 1998 | 86 | — | 86 | #1,806 |
| 1997 | 80 | — | 80 | #1,856 |
| 1996 | 103 | — | 103 | #1,541 |
| 1995 | 103 | — | 103 | #1,515 |
| 1994 | 113 | — | 113 | #1,418 |
| 1993 | 107 | — | 107 | #1,491 |
| 1992 | 98 | — | 98 | #1,580 |
| 1991 | 101 | — | 101 | #1,543 |
| 1990 | 85 | — | 85 | #1,723 |
| 1989 | 62 | — | 62 | #2,033 |
| 1988 | 52 | — | 52 | #2,195 |
| 1987 | 56 | — | 56 | #2,000 |
| 1986 | 37 | — | 37 | #2,634 |
| 1985 | 45 | — | 45 | #2,263 |
| 1984 | 37 | — | 37 | #2,530 |
| 1983 | 28 | — | 28 | #2,998 |
| 1982 | 24 | — | 24 | #3,461 |
| 1981 | 48 | — | 48 | #2,133 |
| 1980 | 39 | — | 39 | #2,457 |
| 1979 | 33 | — | 33 | #2,690 |
| 1978 | 35 | — | 35 | #2,487 |
| 1977 | 26 | — | 26 | #3,033 |
| 1976 | 14 | — | 14 | #4,435 |
| 1975 | 9 | — | 9 | #6,108 |
| 1974 | 10 | — | 10 | #5,485 |
| 1973 | 7 | — | 7 | #6,856 |
| 1972 | 9 | — | 9 | #5,612 |
| 1971 | 5 | — | 5 | #8,610 |
| 1929 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1918 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,453 |