Jestina
- Last seen for girls in 2020 at #11,090
- Peak · girls
- 1924 · 8 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 361since 1921
Jestina over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Jestina has never cracked the top 3,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #11,090 | 8 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 |
| 2006 | #12,420 | 8 |
| 2005 | #10,921 | 9 |
| 2004 | #9,264 | 11 |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 |
| 2001 | #10,102 | 9 |
| 2000 | #9,874 | 9 |
| 1999 | #8,805 | 10 |
| 1998 | #6,073 | 16 |
| 1997 | #8,334 | 10 |
| 1996 | #9,581 | 8 |
| 1995 | #5,958 | 15 |
| 1994 | #8,122 | 10 |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 |
| 1992 | #8,065 | 10 |
| 1991 | #6,588 | 13 |
| 1990 | #6,867 | 12 |
| 1989 | #6,955 | 11 |
| 1988 | #5,598 | 14 |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 |
| 1986 | #7,134 | 9 |
| 1985 | #6,457 | 10 |
| 1984 | #4,478 | 16 |
| 1983 | #6,705 | 9 |
| 1982 | #5,911 | 11 |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 |
| 1978 | #7,649 | 7 |
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| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 |
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| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 |
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| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 |
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| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 |
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| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 |
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| 1924 | #3,665 | 8 |
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| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 |
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First appearance
1921
The first year at least five girls were named Jestina! It came in at #5,099, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1921–1923, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Jestina is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Jestina in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2020
Rise & fade · girls
3 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1921
- Peaked 1924 at #3,665 (8 births)
- Births halved by 1925, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 105,239
- Highest: 1 in 105,239 girls born in 1984 were named Jestina (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 202,069 girls born in 2020 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #3,665 in 1924, was only 1 in 156,109 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1990s
- 30.2% of all girls named Jestina (109) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 18 | #3,665 (1924) | #4,523 |
| 1930s | 5 | #4,411 (1932) | #4,411 |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 0 | — | — |
| 1960s | 10 | #6,390 (1960) | #6,465 |
| 1970s | 21 | #6,696 (1979) | #7,804 |
| 1980s | 98 | #4,478 (1984) | #7,158 |
| 1990s | 109 | #5,958 (1995) | #8,184 |
| 2000s | 75 | #9,264 (2004) | #12,895 |
| 2010s | 17 | #14,482 (2015) | #15,273 |
| 2020s | 8 | #11,090 (2020) | #11,090 |
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.
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