Girls' name · since 1972
Jessicia
Jessicia has 348 recorded births since 1972 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1987 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 348
- total births
- 1972–1999
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 59%
- born in that decade
Jessicia is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 348 have been recorded since 1972.
Jessicia has 348 recorded births among girls since 1972, 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 1972 to 1999.
- 348 total births
- 1972–1999 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 59% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jessicia's 348 recorded births place it above 80% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Jessicia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jessicia's full recorded timeline at 1985, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1994, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1987 peak of 29 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jessicia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–1999
- Peak year (1987)
- 29
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Jessicia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Jessicia's strongest decade.
206 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Jessicia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 68
1970s
68 births
- 1980s
1980s
206 births
- 1990s 74
1990s
74 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 206 births (59% of all-time use).
Jessicia by state
Where Jessicia concentrates geographically, total births since 1972
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 6 | 1.7% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 5 | 1.4% |
6 of 348 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- Jessicia's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (206 total births) through the 1990s (74) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Jessicias (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
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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, 1972–1999 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jessicia: Baby Name Since 1972 - 348 Births, Peak 1987." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jessicia. 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 Jessicia 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.