Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Jesica

#2,564 most common girls' name of all time · #4,371 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1966–2025

Rank among girls
#2,564
Rank overall
#4,371 of 105,966
First appeared
1966
Years on the list
54 of 146
All-time
4,720
Since 2016
41
Peak year
1987 #758
Best rank
#758 1987
Girls Boys peak 238/yr
198020002020

Jesica first appears in 1966. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 5 — 5 #15,302
2022 13 — 13 #8,168
2019 10 — 10 #9,927
2018 5 — 5 #16,121
2017 8 — 8 #11,845
2015 8 — 8 #12,078
2014 14 — 14 #8,168
2013 18 — 18 #6,815
2012 17 — 17 #7,234
2011 23 — 23 #5,785
2010 25 — 25 #5,480
2009 35 — 35 #4,298
2008 46 — 46 #3,552
2007 35 — 35 #4,332
2006 59 — 59 #2,925
2005 51 — 51 #3,098
2004 81 — 81 #2,199
2003 81 — 81 #2,155
2002 70 — 70 #2,320
2001 100 — 100 #1,787
2000 86 — 86 #1,959
1999 85 — 85 #1,868
1998 88 — 88 #1,783
1997 117 — 117 #1,429
1996 97 — 97 #1,605
1995 146 — 146 #1,179
1994 144 — 144 #1,221
1993 157 — 157 #1,136
1992 156 — 156 #1,136
1991 199 — 199 #955
1990 204 — 204 #933
1989 189 — 189 #943
1988 213 — 213 #846
1987 238 — 238 #758
1986 205 — 205 #822
1985 194 — 194 #841
1984 170 — 170 #886
1983 170 — 170 #893
1982 178 — 178 #869
1981 184 — 184 #850
1980 138 — 138 #1,042
1979 126 — 126 #1,093
1978 113 — 113 #1,139
1977 97 — 97 #1,245
1976 96 — 96 #1,187
1975 66 — 66 #1,542
1974 35 — 35 #2,285
1973 37 — 37 #2,166
1972 27 — 27 #2,667
1971 17 — 17 #3,768
1970 14 — 14 #4,221
1969 16 — 16 #3,609
1968 8 — 8 #5,583
1966 6 — 6 #6,524