Girls' name · since 1975
Jessicah
295 babies named Jessicah in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 295
- total births
- 1975–2004
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 40%
- born in that decade
Jessicah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 295 recorded since 1975.
Social Security Administration records show Jessicah recorded 295 times among girls since 1975, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2004.
- 295 total births
- 1975–2004 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 40% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jessicah's 295 recorded births place it above 78% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jessicah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jessicah splits its recorded history at 1990: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2003 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1992 peak of 21 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jessicah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2004
- Peak year (1992)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Jessicah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Jessicah's strongest decade.
117 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Jessicah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 40
1970s
40 births
- 1980s
1980s
117 births
- 1990s
1990s
109 births
- 2000s 29
2000s
29 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 117 births (40% of all-time use).
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- Jessicah's decade-level peak was the 1980s (117 total births); usage has since declined to 29 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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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, 1975–2004 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jessicah: Baby Name Since 1975 - 295 Births, Peak 1992." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jessicah. 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 Jessicah 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.