Jesika — girls' name
1,275 babies named Jesika in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
40% of everyone ever named Jesika was born in this single decade.
84 babies were named Jesika in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jesika
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,275 babies named Jesika between 1970 and 2018, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jesika currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 84 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jesika performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 516 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Jesika shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 151 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Jesika in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jesika in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,275 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Jesika at a glance
Last recorded 2018Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jesika popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1970
- Peak year (1991)
- 84
- Annual births at peak — across 49 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2018.
1,275 total births across 49 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 84 births in a single year.
Jesika by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 516 births that decade — 40% of Jesika's all-time total
Jesika decade highlights
- Peak decade 516 births
- Runner-up 397 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Jesika's strongest decade
516 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
Jesika by state
Where Jesika concentrates geographically — total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 151 | 11.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 78 | 6.1% |
| #3 | Florida | | 24 | 1.9% |
| #4 | New York | | 15 | 1.2% |
| #5 | Indiana | | 13 | 1.0% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 7 | 0.5% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.4% |
151 of 1,275 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 11.8% of nationwide
- Texas 6.1% of nationwide
- Florida 1.9% of nationwide
- New York 1.2% of nationwide
- Indiana 1.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 7 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 11.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1970–2018 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.