Girls' name · since 1968
Jenessa
3,221 babies named Jenessa in U.S. Social Security records since 1968, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #3,445 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,472 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,221
- born since 1968
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jenessa currently ranks #8472 among girls' names in America, with 3,221 babies recorded since 1968.
Jenessa has 3,221 recorded births among girls since 1968, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8472 as of the latest data, more common than 51% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1968 to 2025.
- #3,445 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,472 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 3,221 born since 1968
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jenessa ranks #3,445 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,472 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 3,221 born since 1968, peaking in the 2000s.
- #3,445 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,472 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,221
- born since 1968
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jenessa's 3,221 recorded births place it above 95.23% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
18 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Jenessa compares
3,221 Top 18% higher than 82% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Jenessa's all-time total is 9x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jenessa | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 3,221 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 156 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jenessa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jenessa's full recorded timeline at 1998, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1970, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1991 peak of 156 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jenessa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–2025
- Peak year (1991)
- 156
- Annual births at peak, across 58 years of records
Jenessa by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (893 births, 28% of the file).
2000s was Jenessa's strongest decade.
893 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Jenessa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1970s 147
1970s
147 births
- 1980s
1980s
614 births
- 1990s
1990s
858 births
- 2000s
2000s
893 births
- 2010s
2010s
581 births
- 2020s 122
2020s
122 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 893 births (28% of all-time use).
How Jenessa compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Jenessa's total volume
Jenessa by state
Where Jenessa concentrates geographically, total births since 1968
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 595 | 18.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 150 | 4.7% |
| #3 | Utah | | 131 | 4.1% |
| #4 | Florida | | 71 | 2.2% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 69 | 2.1% |
| #6 | Washington | | 54 | 1.7% |
| #7 | Minnesota | | 47 | 1.5% |
| #8 | New York | | 43 | 1.3% |
595 of 3,221 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 18 reporting states.
Jenessa appears in 18 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Jenessa's data
- Jenessa's decade-level peak was the 2000s (893 total births); usage has since declined to 122 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Jenessas (595 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Jenessa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~57 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, 1968–2025 (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 Jenessa 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.