Girls' name · since 1988
Jelicia
131 babies named Jelicia in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #24,175 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 131
- born since 1988
- 1990s
- peak decade
131 girls have been named Jelicia since 1988, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Jelicia recorded 131 times among girls since 1988, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2008.
- #24,175 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 131 born since 1988
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jelicia ranks #24,175 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 131 born since 1988, peaking in the 1990s.
- #24,175 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 131
- born since 1988
- 1990s
- peak decade
Jelicia's 131 recorded births place it above 66.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jelicia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jelicia splits its recorded history at 1995: 37% of all births land in the more recent half, 63% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1996 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1990 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jelicia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2008
- Peak year (1990)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Jelicia by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (90 births, 69% of the file).
1990s was Jelicia's strongest decade.
90 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Jelicia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 25
1980s
25 births
- 1990s
1990s
90 births
- 2000s 16
2000s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 90 births (69% of all-time use).
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- Jelicia's decade-level peak was the 1990s (90 total births); usage has since declined to 16 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jelicia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1990)
Similar record span (~20 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1988–2008 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Jelicia draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.