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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |