Jalessa
Last seen for girls in 2016 at #14,331
- Peak · girls
- 1988 · 150 births
- Debut · girls
- 18 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 685since 1987
Jalessa over time
Rank among girls' names. Jalessa has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 |
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| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | #12,153 | 8 |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 |
| 2009 | #12,429 | 8 |
| 2008 | #10,807 | 10 |
| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 |
| 2006 | #10,611 | 10 |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 |
| 2004 | #11,624 | 8 |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 |
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 |
| 2000 | #9,874 | 9 |
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| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 |
| 1996 | #7,130 | 12 |
| 1995 | #5,677 | 16 |
| 1994 | #5,016 | 19 |
| 1993 | #3,290 | 34 |
| 1992 | #2,191 | 61 |
| 1991 | #1,894 | 74 |
| 1990 | #1,733 | 84 |
| 1989 | #1,471 | 99 |
| 1988 | #1,060 | 150 |
| 1987 | #4,474 | 18 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Jalessa! It came in at #4,474, and was given to 18 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1999, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Jalessa is popular in 1988
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#278 · 1 in 1,496
- South Carolina#329 · 1 in 2,082
- North Carolina#438 · 1 in 3,485
- Alabama#448 · 1 in 3,088
- Louisiana#456 · 1 in 2,924
Best ever in a state: #278 in Mississippi, 1988.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Mississippi | #278 | 9 | 1 in 1,496 |
| South Carolina | #329 | 9 | 1 in 2,082 |
| North Carolina | #438 | 11 | 1 in 3,485 |
| Alabama | #448 | 7 | 1 in 3,088 |
| Louisiana | #456 | 9 | 1 in 2,924 |
| Georgia | #558 | 9 | 1 in 4,458 |
| Illinois | #713 | 12 | 1 in 6,142 |
| Virginia | #741 | 5 | 1 in 7,176 |
| Ohio | #855 | 7 | 1 in 9,804 |
| Florida | #863 | 9 | 1 in 8,102 |
| New York | #874 | 14 | 1 in 8,147 |
| Texas | #1,083 | 12 | 1 in 10,691 |
| California | #2,514 | 6 | 1 in 38,073 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Jalessa
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2016
- Debuted 1987
- Peaked 1988 at #1,060 (150 births)
- Births halved by 1991, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 11,872 girls born in 1988 were named Jalessa (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 295,337 girls born in 2016 (0.00%)
- 46.3% of all girls named Jalessa (317) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 267 | #1,060 (1988) | #2,335 |
| 1990s | 317 | #1,733 (1990) | #5,110 |
| 2000s | 76 | #9,874 (2000) | #12,518 |
| 2010s | 25 | #12,153 (2011) | #14,515 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Jalessa in 1988
Top girls' names in 1988
More about 1988
girls
1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 11,872 of them was named Jalessa, which outranked 92.4% of the 13,883 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).