girls:
6.3k births since 1918
#2093 (63rd percentile)
boys:
5 births since 1929
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
6.3k births since 1918
#3429 (56th percentile)
The name Jessa is the #3,429 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 6,283 recorded births since 1918. This represents the 55.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 55.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,093 (63.4% percentile) for all time with 6,278 births since 1918. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 1929.
Jessa first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1918 (1918 for girls and 1929 for boys). Birth data for Jessa is available in 55 out of the 106 years between 1918 and 2023 (54 years for girls and 1 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Jessa has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.9% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Jessa reached its peak popularity in 2015, achieving the 50.3% percentile (ranked #478) with 293 births per million. The name was most common in 2015, with 293 births per million (ranked 50.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Jessa ranks #854 for girls (9.8% percentile) with 56 births per million, which is 19.1% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Jessa reached its peak popularity in 1929, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #531) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1929, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1929.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jessa".
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