Girls' name · since 1992
Jessah
Jessah has 148 recorded births since 1992 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,905 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 148
- born since 1992
- 2010s
- peak decade
Jessah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 148 recorded since 1992.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jessah has been recorded 148 times among girls since 1992, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1992 to 2017.
- #22,905 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 148 born since 1992
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jessah ranks #22,905 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 148 born since 1992, peaking in the 2010s.
- #22,905 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 148
- born since 1992
- 2010s
- peak decade
Jessah's 148 recorded births place it above 68.28% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jessah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jessah's full recorded timeline at 2009, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1999, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2007 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jessah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–2017
- Peak year (2007)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Jessah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (77 births, 52% of the file).
2010s was Jessah's strongest decade.
77 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Jessah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
32 births
- 2000s
2000s
39 births
- 2010s
2010s
77 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 77 births (52% of all-time use).
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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, 1992–2017 (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 Jessah 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.