Girls' name · since 1982
Jessical
Since 1982, U.S. Social Security records show 34 babies named Jessical, peaking in 1988. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 34
- total births
- 1982–1992
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 71%
- born in that decade
Jessical is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 34 have been recorded since 1982.
Jessical has 34 recorded births among girls since 1982, 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 1982 to 1992.
- 34 total births
- 1982–1992 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 71% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jessical's 34 recorded births place it above 45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jessical's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jessical splits its recorded history at 1988: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1982 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1988 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jessical popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–1992
- Peak year (1988)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Jessical by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Jessical's strongest decade.
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 71% of all-time use.
Jessical births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
24 births
- 1990s
1990s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 24 births (71% of all-time use).
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- Jessical's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (24 total births) through the 1990s (10) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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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, 1982–1992 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jessical: Baby Name Since 1982 - 34 Births, Peak 1988." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jessical. 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 Jessical 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.