NameTides

Jessa

Jessa was the #2,214 girls' name in the US in 2025 (83 babies), and #4,867 in England & Wales and #2,282 in Canada.

Jessa as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Jessa as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Jessa as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesIrelandCanada
2025#2,214 (83)#4,867 (4)—#2,282 (9)
2024#2,033 (96)#5,892 (3)#898 (3)#1,710 (13)
2023#1,984 (99)#4,057 (5)—#2,027 (10)
2022#1,710 (122)#4,646 (4)—#1,415 (16)
2021#1,284 (179)——#1,681 (13)
2020#1,318 (167)#3,447 (6)—#1,249 (19)
2019#1,247 (187)#5,591 (3)—#970 (27)
2018#1,057 (242)#5,666 (3)—#817 (34)
2017#870 (314)#4,763 (4)#734 (4)#710 (41)
2016#675 (433)——#638 (47)
2015#544 (572)#2,328 (11)—#513 (60)
2014#834 (332)#4,684 (4)—#756 (37)
2013#1,152 (208)——#1,091 (23)
2012#988 (255)——#1,029 (25)
2011#1,111 (222)——#1,154 (21)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2015 at #544.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1918.

How common is it?

about 1 in 19,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 19,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 63,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 17,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Jessa is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 24,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 19,000 to 1 in 30,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Jessa by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,830NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,276CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,210TXFlorida: #1,243FL
Jessa (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
JessaCanadaGirls#2,2829
JessaEngland & WalesGirls#4,8674
JessaIrelandGirls—too few
JessaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
JessaUSGirls#2,21483
JessaUSBoys—too few