Jesica

Peak · girls
1987 · 238 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
4,720
since 1966

Jesica over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Jesica has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank1960197019801990200020102020peak #754, 1987girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#14,9425
2024—
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2022#8,03213
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2019#9,73610
2018#15,6825
2017#11,6158
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2015#11,8358
2014#8,05314
2013#6,72918
2012#7,14417
2011#5,72823
2010#5,41425
2009#4,26935
2008#3,52946
2007#4,29935
2006#2,91659
2005#3,08151
2004#2,19581
2003#2,14481
2002#2,31070
2001#1,777100
2000#1,95286
1999#1,85785
1998#1,77488
1997#1,419117
1996#1,59997
1995#1,176146
1994#1,217144
1993#1,131157
1992#1,131156
1991#952199
1990#930204
1989#942189
1988#844213
1987#754238
1986#820205
1985#838194
1984#883170
1983#890170
1982#865178
1981#846184
1980#1,034138
1979#1,085126
1978#1,138113
1977#1,24097
1976#1,18296
1975#1,52766
1974#2,25435
1973#2,12737
1972#2,59827
1971#3,65217
1970#4,03814
1969#3,46116
1968#5,1478
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First appearance
1966

The first year at least five girls were named Jesica! It came in at #5,809, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1967, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Jesica is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Jesica in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Jesica
Momentum · girls
Brand new
  • 3,107 spots since 2015 (#11,835 → #14,942)
  • Biggest jump: 188 spots in 1981
  • Biggest drop: 179 spots in 1992
Rise & fade · girls
21 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1966
  • Peaked 1987 at #754 (238 births)
  • Births halved by 1996, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 11 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 1981–1991
Share of babies · girls
1 in 7,305
  • Highest: 1 in 7,305 girls born in 1987 were named Jesica (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 321,453 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 39.8% of all girls named Jesica (1,879) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s30#3,461 (1969)#4,806
1970s628#1,085 (1979)#2,084
1980s1,879#754 (1987)#872
1990s1,393#930 (1990)#1,319
2000s644#1,777 (2001)#2,847
2010s128#5,414 (2010)#9,104
2020s18#8,032 (2022)#11,487

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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