Girls' name · since 1974
Jesscia
383 babies named Jesscia in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1987. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 383
- total births
- 1974–2003
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 59%
- born in that decade
Jesscia is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 383 have been recorded since 1974.
Jesscia has 383 recorded births among girls since 1974, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 2003.
- 383 total births
- 1974–2003 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 59% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jesscia's 383 recorded births place it above 81% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by California.
Jesscia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jesscia's full recorded timeline at 1987, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1974, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1987 peak of 32 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jesscia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2003
- Peak year (1987)
- 32
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2003.
383 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1987 with 32 births in a single year.
Jesscia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Jesscia's strongest decade.
227 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Jesscia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 39
1970s
39 births
- 1980s
1980s
227 births
- 1990s
1990s
106 births
- 2000s 11
2000s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 227 births (59% of all-time use).
Jesscia decade highlights
- Peak decade 227 births
- Runner-up 106 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
Jesscia by state
Where Jesscia concentrates geographically, total births since 1974
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 21 | 5.5% |
| #2 | New York | | 16 | 4.2% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 14 | 3.7% |
| #4 | Texas | | 11 | 2.9% |
21 of 383 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 5.5% of nationwide
- New York 4.2% of nationwide
- New Jersey 3.7% of nationwide
- Texas 2.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 4 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 5.5% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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- Jesscia's decade-level peak was the 1980s (227 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Jesscias (21 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
- Weighing it against an alternative? Put two names side by side. Compare names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1974–2003 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jesscia: Baby Name Since 1974 - 383 Births, Peak 1987." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jesscia. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Jesscia 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 July 2026.
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