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.

Jessica

#11 most common girls' name of all time · #39 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#11
Rank overall
#39 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
1,054,307
Since 2016
8,281
Peak year
1987 #1
Best rank
#1 1985
Girls Boys peak 56,235/yr
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Jessica is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 424 424 #665
2024 527 527 #575
2023 550 550 #549
2022 620 620 #508
2021 656 656 #477
2020 780 780 #399
2019 970 970 #331
2018 1,065 1,065 #313
2017 1,292 1,292 #246
2016 1,392 5 1,397 #231
2015 1,592 1,592 #206
2014 1,804 1,804 #179
2013 1,951 1,951 #164
2012 2,335 2,335 #137
2011 2,626 9 2,635 #118
2010 3,200 6 3,206 #92
2009 3,801 10 3,811 #78
2008 4,739 6 4,745 #59
2007 5,714 13 5,727 #42
2006 6,815 10 6,825 #32
2005 8,115 19 8,134 #27
2004 9,470 35 9,505 #21
2003 10,454 17 10,471 #18
2002 11,921 22 11,943 #16
2001 13,925 27 13,952 #11
2000 15,711 27 15,738 #8
1999 16,350 28 16,378 #9
1998 18,239 30 18,269 #8
1997 21,045 45 21,090 #2
1996 24,201 47 24,248 #2
1995 27,941 51 27,992 #1
1994 32,122 105 32,227 #1
1993 34,993 100 35,093 #1
1992 38,361 103 38,464 #2
1991 43,398 120 43,518 #2
1990 46,486 140 46,626 #1
1989 47,887 252 48,139 #1
1988 51,556 225 51,781 #1
1987 55,992 243 56,235 #1
1986 52,682 217 52,899 #1
1985 48,345 230 48,575 #1
1984 45,857 180 46,037 #2
1983 45,283 194 45,477 #2
1982 45,453 188 45,641 #2
1981 42,531 165 42,696 #2
1980 33,924 126 34,050 #3
1979 27,780 114 27,894 #4
1978 26,102 95 26,197 #3
1977 24,846 92 24,938 #4
1976 18,368 56 18,424 #8
1975 12,926 51 12,977 #13
1974 10,656 42 10,698 #17
1973 7,228 20 7,248 #34
1972 6,206 24 6,230 #46
1971 5,359 19 5,378 #64
1970 4,021 15 4,036 #98
1969 2,492 13 2,505 #134
1968 1,841 1,841 #177
1967 1,760 12 1,772 #183
1966 1,667 10 1,677 #195
1965 1,532 8 1,540 #216
1964 1,171 7 1,178 #262
1963 1,120 5 1,125 #265
1962 864 864 #319
1961 668 668 #372
1960 556 556 #408
1959 522 522 #414
1958 529 529 #403
1957 475 475 #432
1956 406 406 #455
1955 387 387 #458
1954 424 424 #423
1953 495 495 #382
1952 453 453 #386
1951 466 466 #380
1950 402 402 #400
1949 406 406 #395
1948 482 482 #354
1947 430 430 #385
1946 240 240 #507
1945 132 132 #634
1944 124 124 #664
1943 121 121 #692
1942 127 127 #664
1941 81 81 #804
1940 61 61 #917
1939 77 77 #778
1938 50 50 #1,008
1937 71 71 #817
1936 43 43 #1,067
1935 47 47 #1,009
1934 46 46 #1,025
1933 43 43 #1,063
1932 44 44 #1,070
1931 40 40 #1,129
1930 38 38 #1,211
1929 42 42 #1,142
1928 36 36 #1,272
1927 39 39 #1,262
1926 35 35 #1,331
1925 34 34 #1,383
1924 41 41 #1,247
1923 52 52 #1,054
1922 40 40 #1,234
1921 48 48 #1,097
1920 43 43 #1,154
1919 40 40 #1,178
1918 56 56 #963
1917 55 55 #935
1916 53 53 #940
1915 55 55 #887
1914 42 42 #903
1913 25 25 #1,096
1912 36 36 #835
1911 21 21 #960
1910 28 28 #820
1909 18 18 #970
1908 17 17 #978
1907 17 17 #929
1906 18 18 #874
1905 17 17 #908
1904 16 16 #917
1903 16 16 #868
1902 9 9 #1,227
1901 8 8 #1,237
1900 23 23 #768
1899 14 14 #887
1898 13 13 #970
1897 9 9 #1,102
1896 9 9 #1,127
1895 19 19 #730
1894 10 10 #1,007
1893 15 15 #778
1892 14 14 #806
1891 14 14 #737
1890 18 18 #628
1889 9 9 #907
1888 18 18 #605
1887 8 8 #877
1886 11 11 #708
1885 6 6 #932
1884 14 14 #572
1883 6 6 #836
1882 8 8 #697
1881 7 7 #703
1880 7 7 #705