Girls' name · since 1973
Yessica
3,956 babies named Yessica in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #3,014 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,974 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,956
- born since 1973
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Yessica is the #5974 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 3,956 recorded since 1973.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yessica has been recorded 3,956 times among girls since 1973, currently ranked #5974 nationally and more common than 65% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 2025.
- #3,014 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,974 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 3,956 born since 1973
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yessica ranks #3,014 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,974 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 3,956 born since 1973, peaking in the 1990s.
- #3,014 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,974 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,956
- born since 1973
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yessica's 3,956 recorded births place it above 95.83% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
19 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Yessica compares
3,956 Top 16% higher than 84% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Yessica's all-time total is 11x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yessica | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 3,956 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 175 | 21 | 19,840 |
Yessica's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Yessica's full recorded timeline at 1999, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1973, with just 7 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1995 peak of 175 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Yessica popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2025
- Peak year (1995)
- 175
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Yessica by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (1,439 births, 36% of the file).
1990s was Yessica's strongest decade.
1,439 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Yessica births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 118
1970s
118 births
- 1980s 506
1980s
506 births
- 1990s
1990s
1,439 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,343 births
- 2010s 405
2010s
405 births
- 2020s 145
2020s
145 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 1,439 births (36% of all-time use).
How Yessica compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Yessica's total volume
Yessica by state
Where Yessica concentrates geographically, total births since 1973
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,296 | 32.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 702 | 17.7% |
| #3 | New York | | 165 | 4.2% |
| #4 | Florida | | 123 | 3.1% |
| #5 | Arizona | | 115 | 2.9% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 99 | 2.5% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 60 | 1.5% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 51 | 1.3% |
1,296 of 3,956 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 19 reporting states.
Yessica appears in 19 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Yessica's data
- Yessica's decade-level peak was the 1990s (1,439 total births); usage has since declined to 145 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Yessicas (1,296 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Yessica: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1995)
Similar record span (~52 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1973–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Yessica 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 August 2026.