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“Variant of Jessie — Possibly related to seeing or beholding” — Hebrew origin
Girl's name · #2225 in the US (2025) · 2010s
Jessa's best rank, #545, came in 2015; it has settled back to #2225 today. Roughly 6,500 girls have been named Jessa since 1918.
Around the world: about 1 in 13,000 girls in Canada (2024).
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 12 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Among 22 notable people named Jessa:
Entertainers appear 2.64× more often than among typical names — e.g. Jessa Zaragoza, Filipino actress.
Similar names: Jessie · Ayva · Jesse · Nessa · Kaniyah · Mika
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