Jessica — #574 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Jessica

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,050,306 babies named Jessica between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jessica currently holds the #574 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1987, when 55,996 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jessica performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 469,518 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Jessica shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 136,112 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Jessica in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jessica 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 1,050,306 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.