Jessika

#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births

Peak · girls
1990 · 378 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
5,969
since 1968

Jessika over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Jessika has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201991peak #599, 1990girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#11,9327
2024#15,2935
2023#13,4626
2022#10,3839
2021—
2020#8,95311
2019#6,69817
2018#9,80610
2017#6,04420
2016#6,66318
2015#5,12726
2014#4,26934
2013#4,42232
2012#3,41947
2011#3,09254
2010#2,80362
2009#2,80063
2008#2,88761
2007#2,39479
2006#2,24885
2005#1,878103
2004#2,04489
2003#2,03388
2002#1,493127
2001#1,476127
2000#1,150176
1999#1,143171
1998#963213
1997#894225
1996#885223
1995#740276
1994#791258
1993#729290
1992#673327
1991#688311
1990#599378
1989#730270
1988#701272
1987#669278
1986#933170
1985#981156
1984#1,137120
1983#1,41183
1982#1,39987
1981#1,42386
1980#1,55275
1979#1,64568
1978#1,78157
1977#1,71760
1976#1,91247
1975#2,45632
1974#2,39632
1973#4,15514
1972#4,79311
1971#5,5439
1970#5,8188
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First appearance
1968

The first year at least five girls were named Jessika! It came in at #6,246, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1969, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Jessika is popular in 1991

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Jessika, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Jessika, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Jessika, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #224 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,212 girlsNHWashington: #481 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,094 girlsWAIdaho: #246 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,084 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Jessika, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Jessika, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Jessika, so not publishedMNIllinois: #878 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 7,753 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Jessika, so not publishedWIMichigan: #442 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 3,355 girlsMINew York: #1,420 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 14,877 girlsNYMassachusetts: #632 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,052 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Jessika, so not publishedRIOregon: #510 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,371 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Jessika, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Jessika, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Jessika, so not publishedSDIowa: #330 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,215 girlsIAIndiana: #755 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,965 girlsINOhio: #567 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 5,013 girlsOHPennsylvania: #641 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 5,917 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Jessika, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Jessika, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #663 for girls · 53 births · 1 in 4,934 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Jessika, so not publishedUTColorado: #380 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,314 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Jessika, so not publishedNEMissouri: #518 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,060 girlsMOKentucky: #453 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,577 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Jessika, so not publishedWVVirginia: #618 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,270 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Jessika, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Jessika, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Jessika, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Jessika, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Jessika, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Jessika, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Jessika, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #612 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,981 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Jessika, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Jessika, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Jessika, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Jessika, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Jessika, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Jessika, so not publishedALGeorgia: #668 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 5,232 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Jessika, so not publishedHITexas: #717 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 5,456 girlsTXFlorida: #552 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 4,242 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New Hampshire#224 · 1 in 1,212
  2. Idaho#246 · 1 in 1,084
  3. Iowa#330 · 1 in 2,215
  4. Colorado#380 · 1 in 2,314
  5. Michigan#442 · 1 in 3,355

Best ever in a state: #215 in Utah, 1989.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Hampshire#22451 in 1,212
Idaho#24651 in 1,084
Iowa#33071 in 2,215
Colorado#38091 in 2,314
Michigan#442181 in 3,355
Kentucky#45361 in 3,577
Washington#481101 in 3,094
Oregon#51051 in 3,371
Missouri#51881 in 4,060
Florida#552181 in 4,242
Ohio#567141 in 5,013
North Carolina#61281 in 4,981
Virginia#61871 in 5,270
Massachusetts#63261 in 6,052
Pennsylvania#641121 in 5,917
California#663531 in 4,934
Georgia#66881 in 5,232
Texas#717251 in 5,456
Indiana#75551 in 6,965
Illinois#878101 in 7,753
New York#1,42081 in 14,877
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Jessika
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 3,361 spots since 2024 (#15,293 → #11,932)
  • 2,979 spots since 2020 (#8,953 → #11,932)
  • 6,805 spots since 2015 (#5,127 → #11,932)
  • Biggest jump: 264 spots in 1987 (#933 → #669)
  • Biggest drop: 180 spots in 1999 (#963 → #1,143)
Rise & fade · girls
22 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1968
  • Peaked 1990 at #599 (378 births)
  • Births halved by 1999, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 14 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 14 yrs · run 1985–1998
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,023
  • Highest: 1 in 5,023 girls born in 1990 were named Jessika (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 229,610 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 44.8% of all girls named Jessika (2,672) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s6#6,246 (1968)#6,246
1970s338#1,645 (1979)#3,222
1980s1,597#669 (1987)#1,094
1990s2,672#599 (1990)#811
2000s998#1,150 (2000)#2,040
2010s320#2,803 (2010)#5,234
2020s38#8,953 (2020)#12,005

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.

Jessika in 1991

girls
#688
311 births · 1 in 6,029 girls

Top girls' names in 1991

  1. #1Ashley43,477
  2. #2Jessica43,398
  3. #3Brittany29,093
  4. #4Amanda28,896
  5. #5Samantha25,651
  6. #6Sarah25,233
  7. #7Stephanie22,775
  8. #8Jennifer20,673
  9. #9Elizabeth20,395
  10. #10Emily20,311
  11. #688Jessika311
More about 1991

girls

1,875,007 girls got a published name in 1991; 1 in 6,029 of them was named Jessika, which outranked 95.6% of the 15,466 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jessika
  1. #682Rhonda314
  2. #686Selena313
  3. #687Nathalie312
  4. #688Jessika311
  5. #688Selina311
  6. #688Tianna311
  7. #691Antonia309
  8. #692Christin308
  9. #692Iliana308

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,600Rebeccah#2,600 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 1,221Ieshia#1,938 → #717
  3. ↑ 1,135Miriah#2,081 → #946
  4. ↑ 861Alexus#1,813 → #952
  5. ↑ 676Chynna#1,512 → #836
Fallers
  1. ↓ 568Infant#432 → #1,000
  2. ↓ 510Lakeshia#897 → #1,407
  3. ↓ 466Latifah#701 → #1,167
  4. ↓ 432Martika#757 → #1,189
  5. ↓ 416Cecily#575 → #991

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1991 →