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Jenessa

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Jenessa is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 19 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
190.00% of girls
Peak year
1991156 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1968
3,208people given the name
Babies named Jenessa, by year of birthgirls
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

3,208 girls have been named Jenessa in the United States since 1968, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1991, with 156 births.

It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1999, and the 2000s alone account for 28%.

By decade

Decadegirls named Jenessa
1960s6
1970s147
1980s614
1990s858
2000s893
2010s580
2020s110

In 1991, its biggest year

Jenessa was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1991 were Ashley, Jessica, Brittany, Amanda and Samantha. See all of 1991.

Names that rose and fell with Jenessa

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.