How Many People Are Named Jenessa?
people named Jenessa are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 108,057 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,221 babies named Jenessa in Social Security records from 1968 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
156 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Combination of JEN and the popular name suffix essa.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Jenessa in English. Counting Jenessa and these spellings together, about 17,663 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Jenessa in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Jenessa alive today is about 26 years old, and 58% are under 30. Half of them were between 17 and 35 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Jenessa first appears in the records in 1968 and was given most often in 1991, to 156 babies. In 2025, 12 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1968 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Jenessa has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,138, in 1991. In 2025 it ranked #8,579.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #8,579 |
| Best rank | #1,138 (1991) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,102 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Jenessa alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Jenessa were born in California than in any other state: about 585 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Jenessa was given 8.8 times as often in Utah, 2.9 times in California and 2 times in Washington.
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