How rare is the name Jessa?

5,700 people in the United States have the first name Jessa, about 1 in 52,988. It ranks #3,593 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

JESSA

#3,593

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,700
About
1 in 52,988
This common or more
82.7%
Who bears it

Of the 5,700 people named Jessa, 74.8% reported their origin as White, 9% as Hispanic or Latino and 7.4% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 99.2% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Jessa peaked in 2015, when 572 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19182025
Peak year
2015
Births that year
572
In 2025*
83 ▼85%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 6,467 babies have been given the name since 1918. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Jessa by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #1,672. The largest share of babies named Jessa, 46.9%, were born in 2013 or later.

1910s#11,6155
1920s#13,8275
1970s#6,481148
1980s#3,807428
1990s#2,739960
2000s#2,9911,168
2010s#1,6723,007
2020s#3,068746
Greatest Generation 1901–270.1%
Silent Generation 1928–450.1%
Generation X 1965–802.9%
Millennials 1981–9617%
Generation Z 1997–1233%
2013 and later46.9%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Jessa is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jessa has been most common in Idaho (2.5×), Minnesota (2.3×), and Texas (1.8×), and least common in New York (0.47×).

3,857 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Jessa

#3,591 Ellison · 5,704#3,591 Marilee · 5,704#3,594 Tenley · 5,696#3,595 Jeniffer · 5,690

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jessa, most common first.

#175 Jesse · 293,709#1,704 Jess · 18,154#2,811 Jessi · 8,230#2,930 Jessy · 7,736#15,849 Jessia · 720#33,752 Jesua · 244#40,182 Jessah · 186#41,825 Jessca · 174

Also a last name

As a last name, Jessa ranks #150,935 of 156,621, with 108 people. See Jessa as a last name

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