Girls' name · since 1989

Jelesia

23 babies named Jelesia in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

23
total births
1989–1992
years on record
1990s
peak decade
74%
born in that decade

23 girls have been named Jelesia since 1989, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.

Jelesia has 23 recorded births among girls since 1989, 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 1989 to 1992.

  • 23 total births
  • 1989–1992 years on record
  • 1990s peak decade
  • 74% born in that decade

Data updated Jul 2026

Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Jelesia's 23 recorded births place it above 39% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Jelesia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Jelesia splits its recorded history at 1991: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1990 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1991 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Jelesia popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–1992

Last recorded 1992
Peak year (1991)
7
Annual births at peak, across 4 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 1989199019911992 5

Jelesia by decade

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

1990s was Jelesia's strongest decade.

17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 74% of all-time use.

Jelesia births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 1990s at 17 births (74% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of July 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Jelesia?
23 babies have been named Jelesia since 1989. It was last recorded in 1992. The peak year was 1991 with 7 births.
When was Jelesia most popular?
Jelesia was most popular in the 1990s decade with 17 total births. The single peak year was 1991.
How long has the name Jelesia been used?
The SSA has tracked Jelesia since 1989 -- 4 years through the most recent 1992 data.
What names are similar to Jelesia?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Jelena, Jelisa, Jelani, Jelissa, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of July 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, 1989–1992 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

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NameAlmanac. "Jelesia: Baby Name Since 1989 - 23 Births, Peak 1991." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jelesia. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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 Jelesia 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 July 2026.