Kessa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KESS-uh
- Origin
- Modern
Kessa is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Kessa come from?
Modern: modern coinage, perhaps a short form of Cassandra
Is Kessa a girl's or a boy's name?
Kessa is a girls' name.
How popular is Kessa in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 1970.
Half of all the girls named Kessa in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kessa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 18 | #6,901 |
| 2009 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 16 | #6,185 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 11 | #5,159 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
Names like Kessa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kiara, Kiana, Keyla, Kaylee, Kylie, Kianna, Kayla, Mckenna, Brianna, Jayla, Kenna, Kendra
Names related to Kessa
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from 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, “Kessa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kessa, updated 20 October 2026.