Jessa

Girl's name · #2225 in the US (2025) · 2010s wave

Popularity over time

Jessa's best rank, #545, came in 2015; it has settled back to #2225 today. Roughly 6,500 girls have been named Jessa since 1918.

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 12 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

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#2,282 in Canada (2025) · #4,867 in England & Wales (2025) · #898 in Ireland (2024) · #8,481 in Ecuador (2022) · #1,010 in Netherlands (2018).

Jessa Duggar — American reality television participant (born 1992)
Jessa Zaragoza — Filipino actress and singer (born 1979)
Jessa Khan — Cambodian ju-jitsu practitioner (born 2001)
Jessa Crispin — American literary critic, editor of Bookslut (born 1978)
Jessa Dillow Crisp — Survivor of and advocate against child sex trafficking (born 1988)

Among 22 notable people named Jessa:

Entertainers appear 2.64× more often than among typical names — e.g. Jessa Zaragoza, Filipino actress and singer (born 1979).

Similar names: Jesse · Ayva · Jessi · Nessa · Kaniyah · Mika

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