How Many People Are Named Nessa?
people named Nessa are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 254,873 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,368 babies named Nessa in Social Security records from 1935 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
83 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Nessa in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Nessa alive today is about 17 years old, and 79% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 25 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Nessa first appears in the records in 1935 and was given most often in 2016, to 83 babies. In 2025, 63 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1935 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Nessa has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #2,302, in 2016. In 2025 it ranked #2,744.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,744 |
| Best rank | #2,302 (2016) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,478 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Nessa alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Nessa were born in California than in any other state: about 95 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Nessa was given 4 times as often in New York and 3 times in California.
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