Baby name

Jessa

Girl

Short-lived name

2015 was its best year: 572 births, or 1 baby in 6,471. Since then, the name has fallen 80%, to about 116 births a year. In 2025, it ranked No. 2214. 47% of all babies named Jessa since 1880 were born in the 2010s.

6,462births since 1880

2010sgeneration

No. 544rank at its peak, in 2015

Where babies named Jessa are born

2015

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The darker the blue, the more common Jessa is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Jessa is most common in Ohio (1.5 times) and Texas (1.4), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Tessa 55,926
Jesse 12,492
Jessi 6,553
Jessy 2,101
Jesusa 1,897
Dessa 1,817

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