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Jessa

Girl #1989 in 2023

Jessa is a girl name of mixed origin.

Meaning of Jessa

20th-century coinage from Jessie + feminine suffix -a; compare Jenna from Jenny.

Popularity of Jessa

Popularity, 1918–2023

99 births in 2023

1918 2023

6,281 U.S. births recorded from 1918–2023.

Peak year

2015

572 babies

First recorded

1918

105 years of history

Recent trend

Falling

Last 5 yrs vs. prior 5

Similar names

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Very popular since the Middle Ages

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Jessica is a female given name of English origin

Boy · Ancient Greek

From the Ἰάσων, from ἰάομαι

Boy · Germanic languages

About this page

Popularity counts come from the U.S. Social Security Administration's national dataset. Etymology adapted from Wiktionary under CC BY-SA 4.0. If you spot an error, please let us know.