# Jenessa (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jenessa/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,221 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 3,221 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 27, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Most likely a Blend of Jennifer + Vanessa.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 98 | 2,006 |
| 2012 | 76 | 2,437 |
| 2013 | 69 | 2,582 |
| 2014 | 67 | 2,630 |
| 2015 | 59 | 2,948 |
| 2016 | 52 | 3,157 |
| 2017 | 46 | 3,411 |
| 2018 | 23 | 5,530 |
| 2019 | 22 | 5,695 |
| 2020 | 28 | 4,688 |
| 2021 | 25 | 5,152 |
| 2022 | 23 | 5,540 |
| 2023 | 15 | 7,425 |
| 2024 | 19 | 6,266 |
| 2025 | 12 | 8,581 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 8 | 1,914 |
| 1997 | 5 | 2,738 |
| 1999 | 3 | 3,900 |
| 2001 | 4 | 3,262 |
| 2008 | 4 | 4,524 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |

## People named Jenessa

- Jenessa Grant, Canadian film actor

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.