Jessica
Rank in 2025
#665
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
424
girls 424
Peak year
1987
55,992 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
1,054,307
since 1880
Born a Jessica? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Jessica was most popular in 1987, when 55,992 babies recorded as girls got the name (32.2 per 1,000). In 2025, 424 babies were named Jessica, ranking #665 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 45%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 424 | 665 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 527 | 575 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 550 | 549 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 620 | 508 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 656 | 477 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 780 | 399 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 970 | 331 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 1,065 | 313 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 1,292 | 246 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 1,392 | 231 | 5 | 12185 |
| 2015 | 1,592 | 206 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 1,804 | 179 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 1,951 | 164 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 2,335 | 137 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 2,626 | 118 | 9 | 8079 |
| 2010 | 3,200 | 92 | 6 | 10766 |
| 2009 | 3,801 | 78 | 10 | 7692 |
| 2008 | 4,739 | 59 | 6 | 11037 |
| 2007 | 5,714 | 42 | 13 | 6262 |
| 2006 | 6,815 | 32 | 10 | 7427 |
| 2005 | 8,115 | 27 | 19 | 4464 |
| 2004 | 9,470 | 21 | 35 | 2887 |
| 2003 | 10,454 | 18 | 17 | 4616 |
| 2002 | 11,921 | 16 | 22 | 3794 |
| 2001 | 13,925 | 11 | 27 | 3228 |
| 2000 | 15,711 | 8 | 27 | 3150 |
| 1999 | 16,350 | 9 | 28 | 2939 |
| 1998 | 18,239 | 8 | 30 | 2711 |
| 1997 | 21,045 | 2 | 45 | 1991 |
| 1996 | 24,201 | 2 | 47 | 1908 |
| 1995 | 27,941 | 1 | 51 | 1736 |
| 1994 | 32,122 | 1 | 105 | 1096 |
| 1993 | 34,993 | 1 | 100 | 1129 |
| 1992 | 38,361 | 2 | 103 | 1084 |
| 1991 | 43,398 | 2 | 120 | 972 |
| 1990 | 46,486 | 1 | 140 | 864 |
| 1989 | 47,887 | 1 | 252 | 627 |
| 1988 | 51,556 | 1 | 225 | 635 |
| 1987 | 55,992 | 1 | 243 | 582 |
| 1986 | 52,682 | 1 | 217 | 604 |
| 1985 | 48,345 | 1 | 230 | 578 |
| 1984 | 45,857 | 2 | 180 | 641 |
| 1983 | 45,283 | 2 | 194 | 614 |
| 1982 | 45,453 | 2 | 188 | 634 |
| 1981 | 42,531 | 2 | 165 | 672 |
| 1980 | 33,924 | 3 | 126 | 780 |
| 1979 | 27,780 | 4 | 114 | 816 |
| 1978 | 26,102 | 3 | 95 | 880 |
| 1977 | 24,846 | 4 | 92 | 882 |
| 1976 | 18,368 | 8 | 56 | 1144 |
| 1975 | 12,926 | 13 | 51 | 1181 |
| 1974 | 10,656 | 17 | 42 | 1311 |
| 1973 | 7,228 | 34 | 20 | 2036 |
| 1972 | 6,206 | 46 | 24 | 1819 |
| 1971 | 5,359 | 64 | 19 | 2126 |
| 1970 | 4,021 | 98 | 15 | 2399 |
| 1969 | 2,492 | 134 | 13 | 2415 |
| 1968 | 1,841 | 177 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 1,760 | 183 | 12 | 2352 |
| 1966 | 1,667 | 195 | 10 | 2627 |
| 1965 | 1,532 | 216 | 8 | 2982 |
| 1964 | 1,171 | 262 | 7 | 3282 |
| 1963 | 1,120 | 264 | 5 | 4048 |
| 1962 | 864 | 319 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 668 | 372 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 556 | 408 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 522 | 414 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 529 | 403 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 475 | 432 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 406 | 453 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 387 | 458 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 424 | 423 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 495 | 382 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 453 | 386 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 466 | 379 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 402 | 399 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 406 | 395 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 482 | 353 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 430 | 385 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 240 | 506 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 132 | 634 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 124 | 663 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 121 | 691 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 127 | 663 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 81 | 802 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 61 | 915 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 77 | 775 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 50 | 1007 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 71 | 815 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 43 | 1062 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 47 | 1004 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 46 | 1019 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 43 | 1062 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 44 | 1070 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 40 | 1127 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 38 | 1210 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 42 | 1137 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 36 | 1271 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 39 | 1261 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 35 | 1325 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 34 | 1376 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 41 | 1244 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 52 | 1054 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 40 | 1232 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 48 | 1092 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 43 | 1152 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 40 | 1177 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 56 | 960 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 55 | 933 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 53 | 940 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 55 | 885 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 42 | 901 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 25 | 1091 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 36 | 833 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 21 | 958 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 28 | 812 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 18 | 961 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 17 | 970 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 17 | 923 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 18 | 872 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 17 | 900 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 16 | 910 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 16 | 862 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 9 | 1219 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 8 | 1227 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 23 | 760 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 14 | 878 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 13 | 963 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 9 | 1094 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 9 | 1122 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 19 | 725 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 10 | 998 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 15 | 767 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 14 | 796 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 14 | 727 | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 18 | 617 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 9 | 902 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 18 | 593 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 8 | 860 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 11 | 693 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | 6 | 921 | <5 | — |
| 1884 | 14 | 556 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 6 | 817 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 8 | 678 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 7 | 679 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 7 | 679 | <5 | — |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years