Jessa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- JES-uh
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,214 for girls
Jessa is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 2,214th for girls in the US (83 babies).
What does Jessa mean?
Hebrew: short form of Jessica
A short form of Jessica, the name Shakespeare gave Shylock's daughter in The Merchant of Venice.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Jessa a girl's or a boy's name?
Jessa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 83 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jessa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadymuch the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Jessa, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 12 girls.
Half of all the girls named Jessa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Jessa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 1 | #7,491 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 1 | #7,664 |
| 2015 | 12 | #2,328 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 1 | #7,520 |
How popular is Jessa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,214among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 83about 1 in 19,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 53% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 83 girls in the US were named Jessa, making it the 2,214th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,318th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 572 girls. It first appears in the records in 1918.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Jessa than any year since 2002.
Half of all the girls named Jessa in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jessa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 83 | #2,214 |
| 2024 | 96 | #2,033 |
| 2023 | 99 | #1,984 |
| 2022 | 122 | #1,710 |
| 2021 | 179 | #1,284 |
| 2020 | 167 | #1,318 |
| 2019 | 187 | #1,247 |
| 2018 | 242 | #1,057 |
| 2017 | 314 | #870 |
| 2016 | 433 | #675 |
| 2015 | 572 | #544 |
| 2014 | 332 | #834 |
| 2013 | 208 | #1,152 |
| 2012 | 255 | #988 |
| 2011 | 222 | #1,111 |
| 2010 | 242 | #1,030 |
| 2009 | 196 | #1,254 |
| 2008 | 124 | #1,774 |
| 2007 | 145 | #1,560 |
| 2006 | 138 | #1,567 |
| 2005 | 90 | #2,072 |
| 2004 | 116 | #1,666 |
| 2003 | 92 | #1,969 |
| 2002 | 78 | #2,139 |
| 2001 | 98 | #1,804 |
| 2000 | 91 | #1,865 |
| 1999 | 84 | #1,871 |
| 1998 | 86 | #1,798 |
| 1997 | 80 | #1,842 |
| 1996 | 103 | #1,537 |
| 1995 | 103 | #1,510 |
| 1994 | 113 | #1,413 |
| 1993 | 107 | #1,483 |
| 1992 | 98 | #1,572 |
| 1991 | 101 | #1,531 |
| 1990 | 85 | #1,712 |
| 1989 | 62 | #2,022 |
| 1988 | 52 | #2,182 |
| 1987 | 56 | #1,990 |
| 1986 | 37 | #2,619 |
| 1985 | 45 | #2,252 |
| 1984 | 37 | #2,514 |
| 1983 | 28 | #2,974 |
| 1982 | 24 | #3,417 |
| 1981 | 48 | #2,119 |
| 1980 | 39 | #2,440 |
| 1979 | 33 | #2,671 |
| 1978 | 35 | #2,474 |
| 1977 | 26 | #3,001 |
| 1976 | 14 | #4,361 |
| 1975 | 9 | #5,982 |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,359 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,479 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,807 |
Nicknames for Jessa
- Jess 3 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Jessa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ava Eliana Mia Zara Mila Ariella Myla Lyra Luna Ayla Isabella Isla
Names related to Jessa
More Hebrew names
Noah Elijah James Jack Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias Mateo Elsie Levi
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jessa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jessa, updated 20 October 2026.