Girls' name · since 1987
Jennesa
29 babies named Jennesa in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 29
- total births
- 1987–2006
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 62%
- born in that decade
Jennesa sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 29 recorded since 1987.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jennesa has been recorded 29 times among girls since 1987, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1987 to 2006.
- 29 total births
- 1987–2006 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 62% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jennesa's 29 recorded births place it above 43% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jennesa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jennesa splits its recorded history at 1989: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1989 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1988 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jennesa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2006
- Peak year (1988)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Jennesa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Jennesa's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Jennesa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
18 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 18 births (62% of all-time use).
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- Jennesa's decade-level peak was the 1980s (18 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 1987–2006 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jennesa: Baby Name Since 1987 - 29 Births, Peak 1988." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jennesa. 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 Jennesa 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.