Feminine dossier · first seen 1918

Jessa

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Jessa
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 2015

Peak era

2015

Peak rank proxy

572

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Alpha

1918Peak 20152024

Peak year

2015

Decline from peak

83.4%

2024

All-time

6,376

Jessa is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 2015, when 572 girls were named Jessa.

In 2024, only 95 girls were given the name.

Down 83.4% from its peak.

All told, about 6,376 Americans have been named Jessa and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1918.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryGradual decline from 2015

2015572 girls named Jessa

202495 girls named Jessa

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