Jessenya — girls' name
140 babies named Jessenya in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
140 girls have been named Jessenya since 1990, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2012.
- 140
- total births
- 1990–2012
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 52%
- born in that decade
52% of everyone ever named Jessenya was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Jessenya in 2005 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jessenya
The Social Security Administration has registered 140 babies named Jessenya between 1990 and 2012, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jessenya currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jessenya performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 73 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Jessenya shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jessenya in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 140 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Jessenya at a glance
Last recorded 2012Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jessenya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–1990
- Peak year (2005)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2012.
140 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2005 with 12 births in a single year.
Jessenya by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 73 births that decade — 52% of Jessenya's all-time total
Jessenya decade highlights
- Peak decade 73 births
- Runner-up 47 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Jessenya's strongest decade
73 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1990–2012 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.