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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.

Across the states

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

Around the world

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#2,036 in Canada (2024).

Famous Jessas

• Jessa Khan — Cambodian ju-jitsu practitioner
• Jessa Crispin — American literary critic, editor of Bookslut
• Jessa Zaragoza — Filipino actress
• Jessa Duggar — American reality television participant
• Jessa Dillow Crisp — Survivor of and advocate against child sex trafficking

In stories & tradition

• Jessa Johansson — Girls (TV series)

What Jessas become

Among 22 notable people named Jessa:

Entertainers appear 2.64× more often than among typical names — e.g. Jessa Zaragoza, Filipino actress.

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

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