Recorded 1998–2019 Girls' name Peak 2003 111 births

Jahnessa — girls' name

111 babies named Jahnessa in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s72000s562010s48
2000s
Peak decade

50% of everyone ever named Jahnessa was born in this single decade.

2003
Single peak year

10 babies were named Jahnessa in 2003 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Jahnessa

The Social Security Administration has registered 111 babies named Jahnessa between 1998 and 2019, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jahnessa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jahnessa performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 56 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Jahnessa shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jahnessa in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 111 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Jahnessa at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

111

Since 1998

22 years of records

Peak year

2003

10 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1998

Recorded for 22 years

Last year on file: 2019

Jahnessa popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1998

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (2003)
10
Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
4681012 2019201320102007200420011998 7

Jahnessa by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
56 births that decade — 50% of Jahnessa's all-time total
1990s72000s562010s48

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Jahnessa?
111 babies have been named Jahnessa since 1998. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 2003 with 10 births.
When was Jahnessa most popular?
Jahnessa was most popular in the 2000s decade with 56 total births. The single peak year was 2003.
How long has the name Jahnessa been used?
Jahnessa has been recorded in Social Security data since 1998, spanning 22 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Jahnessa?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Jahzara, Jahaira, Jahniya, Jahnae, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1998–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.