Meaning and history
Jessa is a diminutive form of Jessica.
20062006: 138 births, rank #1,567
2007: 145 births, rank #1,560
2008: 124 births, rank #1,774
2009: 196 births, rank #1,254
2010: 242 births, rank #1,030
20112011: 222 births, rank #1,111
2012: 255 births, rank #988
2013: 208 births, rank #1,152
2014: 332 births, rank #834
2015: 572 births, rank #544
20162016: 433 births, rank #675
2017: 314 births, rank #870
2018: 242 births, rank #1,057
2019: 187 births, rank #1,247
2020: 167 births, rank #1,318
20212021: 179 births, rank #1,284
2022: 122 births, rank #1,710
2023: 99 births, rank #1,984
2024: 96 births, rank #2,033
20252025: 83 births, rank #2,214
Jessa moved from #676 to #872 for girls between 2016 and 2017. Its highest annual birth count came in 2015, with 572 births.