Girls' name · since 1978
Jessikah
101 babies named Jessikah in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 101
- total births
- 1978–2010
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 50%
- born in that decade
101 girls have been named Jessikah since 1978, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Jessikah recorded 101 times among girls since 1978, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 2010.
- 101 total births
- 1978–2010 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 50% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jessikah's 101 recorded births place it above 63% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jessikah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jessikah's full recorded timeline at 1997, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1978, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2001 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jessikah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2010
- Peak year (2001)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Jessikah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Jessikah's strongest decade.
50 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Jessikah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 8
1980s
8 births
- 1990s
1990s
50 births
- 2000s
2000s
32 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 50 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Jessikah's decade-level peak was the 1990s (50 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2010s -- 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, 1978–2010 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jessikah: Baby Name Since 1978 - 101 Births, Peak 2001." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jessikah. 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 Jessikah 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.