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Jessa Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Jessa?

In 2018 the uncommon name Jessa, ranked the 1,073rd Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

This once, top 1000 name, Jessa is currently less popular.

Its highest popularity ranking of #545 was reached in 2015 with 572 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Jessa was less than 5, most recently in 1970.

Jessa, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1975-1981, 1986-1991, 2003-2010, and 2011-2015, whereas 2015-2017 were years of successive downward movement.

Sometimes the name Jessa has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

For a number of years, the name Jessa has steadily increased in popularity. , continuing the trend, the number of children named Jessa lately has risen.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Jessa?

Jessa's popularity is at a mid point when measured against its most notable year.

The name Jessa is used by only a select few but will probably continue to rise upward in popularity.

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   Jessa (Girl)Jessa (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 235 1,073 < 5 --
2017 309 881 < 5 --
2016 431 679 < 5 --
2015 572 545 < 5 --
2014 329 839 < 5 --
2013 206 1,165 < 5 --
2012 255 987 < 5 --
2011 222 1,111 < 5 --
2010 242 1,030 < 5 --
2009 196 1,254 < 5 --
2008 124 1,780 < 5 --
2007 145 1,565 < 5 --
2006 138 1,568 < 5 --
2005 90 2,076 < 5 --
2004 116 1,671 < 5 --
2003 92 1,974 < 5 --
2002 78 2,151 < 5 --
2001 98 1,809 < 5 --
2000 91 1,874 < 5 --
1999 84 1,879 < 5 --
1998 86 1,807 < 5 --
1997 80 1,856 < 5 --
1996 103 1,547 < 5 --
1995 103 1,516 < 5 --
1994 113 1,418 < 5 --
1993 107 1,490 < 5 --
1992 98 1,578 < 5 --
1991 101 1,542 < 5 --
1990 85 1,724 < 5 --
1989 62 2,036 < 5 --
1988 52 2,197 < 5 --
1987 56 2,001 < 5 --
1986 37 2,644 < 5 --
1985 45 2,263 < 5 --
1984 37 2,533 < 5 --
1983 28 3,010 < 5 --
1982 24 3,461 < 5 --
1981 48 2,131 < 5 --
1980 39 2,455 < 5 --
1979 33 2,693 < 5 --
1978 35 2,490 < 5 --
1977 26 3,029 < 5 --
1976 14 4,451 < 5 --
1975 9 6,155 < 5 --
1974 10 5,515 < 5 --
1973 7 6,955 < 5 --
1972 9 5,658 < 5 --
1971 5 8,843 < 5 --
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United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.