Jestina — girls' name

What the Data Says About Jestina

The Social Security Administration has registered 361 babies named Jestina between 1921 and 2020, spanning 100 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jestina currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1984, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jestina performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 109 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Jestina shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jestina in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jestina 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 361 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.