Tessica — girls' name
229 babies named Tessica in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
54% of everyone ever named Tessica was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Tessica in 1982 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tessica
The Social Security Administration has registered 229 babies named Tessica between 1970 and 2006, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tessica currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tessica performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 123 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Tessica shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tessica 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 229 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.
Tessica at a glance
Last recorded 2006Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tessica popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–1970
- Peak year (1982)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 37 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2006.
229 total births across 37 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1982 with 20 births in a single year.
Tessica by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 123 births that decade — 54% of Tessica's all-time total
Tessica decade highlights
- Peak decade 123 births
- Runner-up 65 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Tessica's strongest decade
123 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 54% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1970–2006 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.