Meaning not yet researched.
Jessica: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 424 in 2025. Its best rank was #1 in 1995.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #1 in 1995; #665 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Jessica in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#665 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1995, at #1.
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Jessica: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 424 girls in 2025. Peak: #1 in 1995 · most girls in one year: 55,992 (1987).
In 2025, 424 US girls were named Jessica, making it the 665th most common girls’ name of the year, down 90 places from #575 in 2024. That is 103 fewer than the 527 girls named Jessica in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #1, reached in 1995. The most girls given the name in a single year was 55,992, in 1987. For comparison, it was #206 in 2015 and #400 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Jessica in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 7 babies with the name. In all, 1,054,307 US babies have been given the name, 99.6% of them girls and 0.3% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1980s, with 471,530 babies named Jessica.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 8,276 US girls were named Jessica; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 1,392. In 2025 that was about 1 in 3,791 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Jessica ranked highest in Utah in 2025, at #423 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Jessika (5,969 babies since 1880), Jessyca (1,280 babies since 1880), Jesica (4,720 babies since 1880) and Jesseca (1,498 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Jessicca, Jessyka and Jessicah are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Jess and Jessie.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Arabic, Dutch, English and Italian. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Jessicca (558), Jessyka (432), Jessicah (295), Gessica (200), Jessaca (179), Jesseka (170), Jesicca (121), Jessieca (115), Jyssica (109), Jessikah (101), Jesyca (84), Jessicka (38), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 25 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | 10 | #423 | #252 |
| Arizona | 16 | #430 | #229 |
| Kentucky | 9 | #464 | #383 |
| California | 70 | #484 | #120 |
| Washington | 14 | #491 | #186 |
| South Carolina | 10 | #492 | #303 |
| Minnesota | 9 | #570 | #288 |
| Texas | 55 | #573 | #194 |
| Georgia | 18 | #592 | #291 |
| Alabama | 8 | #600 | #298 |
| Maryland | 8 | #620 | #284 |
| Colorado | 8 | #667 | #288 |
| Virginia | 11 | #679 | #255 |
| New Jersey | 11 | #686 | #206 |
| Ohio | 14 | #688 | #270 |
| Florida | 24 | #700 | #261 |
| Pennsylvania | 14 | #705 | #193 |
| North Carolina | 14 | #707 | #232 |
| Massachusetts | 7 | #715 | #209 |
| Louisiana | 5 | #826 | #467 |
| Illinois | 11 | #827 | #152 |
| Indiana | 6 | #973 | #363 |
| Missouri | 5 | #993 | #404 |
| New York | 15 | #1,002 | #164 |
| Tennessee | 6 | #1,040 | #283 |
| Michigan | 5 | #1,306 | #205 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 424 | #665 | — | — |
| 2024 | 527 | #575 | — | — |
| 2023 | 550 | #550 | — | — |
| 2022 | 620 | #508 | — | — |
| 2021 | 656 | #477 | — | — |
| 2020 | 780 | #399 | — | — |
| 2019 | 970 | #331 | — | — |
| 2018 | 1,065 | #313 | — | — |
| 2017 | 1,292 | #246 | — | — |
| 2016 | 1,392 | #231 | 5 | #13,126 |
| 2015 | 1,592 | #206 | — | — |
| 2014 | 1,804 | #179 | — | — |
| 2013 | 1,951 | #164 | — | — |
| 2012 | 2,335 | #137 | — | — |
| 2011 | 2,626 | #118 | 9 | #8,384 |
| 2010 | 3,200 | #92 | 6 | #11,399 |
| 2009 | 3,801 | #78 | 10 | #7,975 |
| 2008 | 4,739 | #59 | 6 | #11,748 |
| 2007 | 5,714 | #42 | 13 | #6,428 |
| 2006 | 6,815 | #32 | 10 | #7,691 |
| 2005 | 8,115 | #27 | 19 | #4,549 |
| 2004 | 9,470 | #21 | 35 | #2,922 |
| 2003 | 10,454 | #18 | 17 | #4,700 |
| 2002 | 11,921 | #16 | 22 | #3,854 |
| 2001 | 13,925 | #11 | 27 | #3,270 |
| 2000 | 15,711 | #8 | 27 | #3,181 |
| 1999 | 16,350 | #9 | 28 | #2,977 |
| 1998 | 18,239 | #8 | 30 | #2,744 |
| 1997 | 21,045 | #2 | 45 | #2,009 |
| 1996 | 24,201 | #2 | 47 | #1,920 |
| 1995 | 27,941 | #1 | 51 | #1,744 |
| 1994 | 32,122 | #1 | 105 | #1,099 |
| 1993 | 34,993 | #1 | 100 | #1,131 |
| 1992 | 38,361 | #2 | 103 | #1,085 |
| 1991 | 43,398 | #2 | 120 | #977 |
| 1990 | 46,486 | #1 | 140 | #867 |
| 1989 | 47,887 | #1 | 252 | #627 |
| 1988 | 51,556 | #1 | 225 | #636 |
| 1987 | 55,992 | #1 | 243 | #582 |
| 1986 | 52,682 | #1 | 217 | #605 |
| 1985 | 48,345 | #1 | 230 | #578 |
| 1984 | 45,857 | #2 | 180 | #641 |
| 1983 | 45,283 | #2 | 194 | #616 |
| 1982 | 45,453 | #2 | 188 | #634 |
| 1981 | 42,531 | #2 | 165 | #674 |
| 1980 | 33,924 | #3 | 126 | #780 |
| 1979 | 27,780 | #4 | 114 | #819 |
| 1978 | 26,102 | #3 | 95 | #884 |
| 1977 | 24,846 | #4 | 92 | #890 |
| 1976 | 18,368 | #8 | 56 | #1,150 |
| 1975 | 12,926 | #13 | 51 | #1,187 |
| 1974 | 10,656 | #17 | 42 | #1,321 |
| 1973 | 7,228 | #34 | 20 | #2,081 |
| 1972 | 6,206 | #46 | 24 | #1,846 |
| 1971 | 5,359 | #64 | 19 | #2,166 |
| 1970 | 4,021 | #98 | 15 | #2,442 |
| 1969 | 2,492 | #134 | 13 | #2,481 |
| 1968 | 1,841 | #177 | — | — |
| 1967 | 1,760 | #183 | 12 | #2,410 |
| 1966 | 1,667 | #195 | 10 | #2,709 |
| 1965 | 1,532 | #216 | 8 | #3,108 |
| 1964 | 1,171 | #262 | 7 | #3,440 |
| 1963 | 1,120 | #265 | 5 | #4,328 |
| 1962 | 864 | #319 | — | — |
| 1961 | 668 | #372 | — | — |
| 1960 | 556 | #408 | — | — |
| 1959 | 522 | #414 | — | — |
| 1958 | 529 | #403 | — | — |
| 1957 | 475 | #432 | — | — |
| 1956 | 406 | #454 | — | — |
| 1955 | 387 | #459 | — | — |
| 1954 | 424 | #423 | — | — |
| 1953 | 495 | #382 | — | — |
| 1952 | 453 | #387 | — | — |
| 1951 | 466 | #380 | — | — |
| 1950 | 402 | #400 | — | — |
| 1949 | 406 | #395 | — | — |
| 1948 | 482 | #353 | — | — |
| 1947 | 430 | #385 | — | — |
| 1946 | 240 | #507 | — | — |
| 1945 | 132 | #634 | — | — |
| 1944 | 124 | #666 | — | — |
| 1943 | 121 | #691 | — | — |
| 1942 | 127 | #664 | — | — |
| 1941 | 81 | #805 | — | — |
| 1940 | 61 | #918 | — | — |
| 1939 | 77 | #778 | — | — |
| 1938 | 50 | #1,013 | — | — |
| 1937 | 71 | #815 | — | — |
| 1936 | 43 | #1,072 | — | — |
| 1935 | 47 | #1,008 | — | — |
| 1934 | 46 | #1,024 | — | — |
| 1933 | 43 | #1,066 | — | — |
| 1932 | 44 | #1,074 | — | — |
| 1931 | 40 | #1,135 | — | — |
| 1930 | 38 | #1,222 | — | — |
| 1929 | 42 | #1,144 | — | — |
| 1928 | 36 | #1,277 | — | — |
| 1927 | 39 | #1,268 | — | — |
| 1926 | 35 | #1,341 | — | — |
| 1925 | 34 | #1,390 | — | — |
| 1924 | 41 | #1,253 | — | — |
| 1923 | 52 | #1,062 | — | — |
| 1922 | 40 | #1,240 | — | — |
| 1921 | 48 | #1,104 | — | — |
| 1920 | 43 | #1,161 | — | — |
| 1919 | 40 | #1,184 | — | — |
| 1918 | 56 | #963 | — | — |
| 1917 | 55 | #938 | — | — |
| 1916 | 53 | #944 | — | — |
| 1915 | 55 | #887 | — | — |
| 1914 | 42 | #910 | — | — |
| 1913 | 25 | #1,105 | — | — |
| 1912 | 36 | #840 | — | — |
| 1911 | 21 | #971 | — | — |
| 1910 | 28 | #821 | — | — |
| 1909 | 18 | #980 | — | — |
| 1908 | 17 | #983 | — | — |
| 1907 | 17 | #932 | — | — |
| 1906 | 18 | #886 | — | — |
| 1905 | 17 | #911 | — | — |
| 1904 | 16 | #921 | — | — |
| 1903 | 16 | #880 | — | — |
| 1902 | 9 | #1,264 | — | — |
| 1901 | 8 | #1,273 | — | — |
| 1900 | 23 | #770 | — | — |
| 1899 | 14 | #893 | — | — |
| 1898 | 13 | #987 | — | — |
| 1897 | 9 | #1,120 | — | — |
| 1896 | 9 | #1,168 | — | — |
| 1895 | 19 | #733 | — | — |
| 1894 | 10 | #1,029 | — | — |
| 1893 | 15 | #777 | — | — |
| 1892 | 14 | #813 | — | — |
| 1891 | 14 | #735 | — | — |
| 1890 | 18 | #627 | — | — |
| 1889 | 9 | #926 | — | — |
| 1888 | 18 | #601 | — | — |
| 1887 | 8 | #898 | — | — |
| 1886 | 11 | #712 | — | — |
| 1885 | 6 | #981 | — | — |
| 1884 | 14 | #572 | — | — |
| 1883 | 6 | #866 | — | — |
| 1882 | 8 | #710 | — | — |
| 1881 | 7 | #715 | — | — |
| 1880 | 7 | #705 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).