Jamessa — girls' name
21 babies named Jamessa in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
48% of everyone ever named Jamessa was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Jamessa in 1979 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jamessa
The Social Security Administration has registered 21 babies named Jamessa between 1979 and 1996, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jamessa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jamessa performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Jamessa shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jamessa 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 21 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.
Jamessa at a glance
Last recorded 1996Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jamessa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–1979
- Peak year (1979)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1996.
21 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1979 with 6 births in a single year.
Jamessa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 10 births that decade — 48% of Jamessa's all-time total
Jamessa decade highlights
- Peak decade 10 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Jamessa's strongest decade
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
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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, 1979–1996 (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.