Girls' name · since 1988
Jelesa
Since 1988, U.S. Social Security records show 71 babies named Jelesa, peaking in 1988. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #30,954 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 71
- born since 1988
- 1990s
- peak decade
71 girls have been named Jelesa since 1988, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Jelesa has 71 recorded births among girls since 1988, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 1997.
- #30,954 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 71 born since 1988
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jelesa ranks #30,954 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 71 born since 1988, peaking in the 1990s.
- #30,954 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 71
- born since 1988
- 1990s
- peak decade
Jelesa's 71 recorded births place it above 57.08% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jelesa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jelesa's SSA record in two at 1992 and the more recent half accounts for 39% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 61%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 1997, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1988 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jelesa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–1997
- Peak year (1988)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Jelesa by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (48 births, 68% of the file).
1990s was Jelesa's strongest decade.
48 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 68% of all-time use.
Jelesa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
23 births
- 1990s
1990s
48 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 48 births (68% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jelesa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1988)
Similar record span (~9 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1988–1997 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Jelesa draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.