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.

Yessica

#2,876 most common girls' name of all time · #4,941 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1973–2025

Rank among girls
#2,876
Rank overall
#4,941 of 105,966
First appeared
1973
Years on the list
53 of 146
All-time
3,956
Since 2016
257
Peak year
1995 #1,038
Best rank
#1,038 1995
Girls Boys peak 175/yr
198020002020

Yessica first appears in 1973. 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 20 — 20 #5,982
2024 20 — 20 #6,032
2023 28 — 28 #4,784
2022 25 — 25 #5,223
2021 20 — 20 #6,034
2020 32 — 32 #4,302
2019 35 — 35 #4,107
2018 26 — 26 #5,064
2017 23 — 23 #5,581
2016 28 — 28 #4,905
2015 33 — 33 #4,334
2014 39 — 39 #3,877
2013 51 — 51 #3,186
2012 49 — 49 #3,328
2011 66 — 66 #2,682
2010 55 — 55 #3,058
2009 98 — 98 #2,086
2008 111 — 111 #1,908
2007 114 — 114 #1,853
2006 133 — 133 #1,613
2005 135 — 135 #1,530
2004 148 — 148 #1,410
2003 157 — 157 #1,314
2002 142 — 142 #1,368
2001 156 — 156 #1,261
2000 149 — 149 #1,295
1999 137 — 137 #1,320
1998 148 — 148 #1,233
1997 129 — 129 #1,339
1996 141 — 141 #1,244
1995 175 — 175 #1,038
1994 162 — 162 #1,113
1993 128 — 128 #1,316
1992 150 — 150 #1,172
1991 149 — 149 #1,179
1990 120 — 120 #1,339
1989 79 — 79 #1,732
1988 64 — 64 #1,931
1987 72 — 72 #1,696
1986 56 — 56 #1,976
1985 38 — 38 #2,593
1984 49 — 49 #2,078
1983 41 — 41 #2,357
1982 43 — 43 #2,323
1981 31 — 31 #2,919
1980 33 — 33 #2,797
1979 36 — 36 #2,580
1978 19 — 19 #3,907
1977 11 — 11 #5,837
1976 19 — 19 #3,672
1975 8 — 8 #7,071
1974 18 — 18 #3,694
1973 7 — 7 #7,434