The first name Jessa
A girl’s name.
2 syllables Female
Meaning and origin
20th-century coinage from Jessie + feminine suffix -a; compare Jenna from Jenny.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity
Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025
In 2025, 4 girls were named Jessa, making it the 4,867th most popular girls’ name. It peaked in 2015, with 11 births (#2,328).
Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Jessa with other names.
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Jessa at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 83 girls born in the United States were named Jessa, the 2,225th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 2015, when 572 were.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Famous people named Jessa
1 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Jessa RhodesAmerican pornographic actress, born 1993
Questions
- What does the name Jessa mean?
- 20th-century coinage from Jessie + feminine suffix -a; compare Jenna from Jenny.
- How popular is the name Jessa?
- In 2025, 4 girls born in England and Wales were named Jessa, ranking 4,867th. Its peak was 2015, with 11 births.
- Is Jessa a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 6,467 US babies named Jessa since 1880 were girls.
- When was Jessa most popular?
- 2015 in the United States, when 572 babies were named Jessa, its highest rank at 545th.