Jenessa
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
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
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.
- Kadeepeak 2002
- Anishapeak 2002
- Jaymeepeak 1992
- Janaepeak 2000
- Amritapeak 1999
- Tierneypeak 1993
- Stefanypeak 2002
- Shantalpeak 1990
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.