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Jessica name popularity by year

Jessica: 55,992 US girls in 1987; 424 in 2025. Annual usage fell 99.2% from its 1950–2025 peak, in Social Security records.

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  • Jessica: 402 in 1950, 424 in 2025. It peaked at 55,992 in 1987.

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In 1987, Social Security recorded 55,992 US girls named Jessica, the highest annual count shown. The count was 402 in 1950 and 15,711 in 2000. By 2025, it was 424, a decline of 99.2% from the peak displayed. The annual chart follows this exact spelling, rather than grouping together similar names or nicknames.

The more recent observations show 3,200 girls named Jessica in 2010 and 780 in 2020. Social Security counts names from applications associated with a birth year; these totals do not count everyone alive who has the name. The source suppresses names used fewer than five times, but every year shown here has a published count.

The data

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, baby names from Social Security card applications (names given to 5 or more babies). Retrieved November 5, 2026. US girls with this exact spelling, by birth year. Counts reflect Social Security applications, not all people currently bearing the name. Names with fewer than five occurrences are suppressed; every displayed year has a reported count.

The rise and fall of Jessica, US girls named Jessica, 1950–2025, 1950–2025
DateJessica
1950402
1951466
1952453
1953495
1954424
1955387
1956406
1957475
1958529
1959522
1960556
1961668
1962864
19631,120
19641,171
19651,532
19661,667
19671,760
19681,841
19692,492
19704,021
19715,359
19726,206
19737,228
197410,656
197512,926
197618,368
197724,846
197826,102
197927,780
198033,924
198142,531
198245,453
198345,283
198445,857
198548,345
198652,682
198755,992
198851,556
198947,887
199046,486
199143,398
199238,361
199334,993
199432,122
199527,941
199624,201
199721,045
199818,239
199916,350
200015,711
200113,925
200211,921
200310,454
20049,470
20058,115
20066,815
20075,714
20084,739
20093,801
20103,200
20112,626
20122,335
20131,951
20141,804
20151,592
20161,392
20171,292
20181,065
2019970
2020780
2021656
2022620
2023550
2024527
2025424

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How popular is the name Jessica?

Social Security recorded 424 US girls named Jessica in 2025, the latest birth year in this series. The annual count was 99.2% below its displayed peak.

When was Jessica most popular?

Within the 1950–2025 series, Jessica reached its highest annual count in 1987, with 55,992 girls. This identifies the highest count, not the name’s rank or its share of all births.

What does the name count include?

The figures cover US girls recorded under the exact spelling Jessica in Social Security applications, grouped by birth year. They are annual name counts, not the number of living people with the name.

Where does this data come from?

U.S. Social Security Administration, baby names from Social Security card applications (names given to 5 or more babies). Retrieved November 5, 2026. US girls with this exact spelling, by birth year. Counts reflect Social Security applications, not all people currently bearing the name. Names with fewer than five occurrences are suppressed; every displayed year has a reported count. You can download the full table as a CSV from this page.

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