Jessica Name Popularity

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How popular is Jessica?

In 2018 the somewhat popular name Jessica, ranked the 312th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

Presently one of the top 500 most popular, Jessica has been less popular than the top 1000 in the past.

Its highest popularity ranking of #1 was reached for the first time in 1985 and as recently as 1995.

The greatest number of babies were given the name in 1987 with 55,994 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Jessica was 6 in 1885.

Jessica, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1892-1895, 1897-1900, 1907-1915, 1934-1937, 1938-1942, 1943-1948, and 1955-1987, whereas 1987-2017 were years of successive downward movement.

For a number of years, the name Jessica has been spiralling downward in popularity. , continuing the trend, the number of children named Jessica lately has dropped.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Jessica?

Jessica's popularity is at an extremely low point when measured against its most notable year.

The name Jessica is favored by many parents but will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Jessica is very rarely used as a given name.

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		Jessica (Girl)		Jessica (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		1,057	312	< 5	--
2017		1,278	248	< 5	--
2016		1,386	232	5	13,089
2015		1,587	206	< 5	--
2014		1,797	179	< 5	--
2013		1,947	164	< 5	--
2012		2,332	137	< 5	--
2011		2,620	119	9	8,374
2010		3,198	92	6	11,389
2009		3,798	78	10	7,964
2008		4,736	59	6	11,737
2007		5,711	42	13	6,425
2006		6,811	32	10	7,686
2005		8,112	27	19	4,541
2004		9,470	21	35	2,920
2003		10,449	18	17	4,697
2002		11,918	16	22	3,854
2001		13,922	11	27	3,267
2000		15,709	8	27	3,180
1999		16,348	9	28	2,976
1998		18,235	8	30	2,741
1997		21,042	2	45	2,009
1996		24,198	2	47	1,920
1995		27,938	1	51	1,744
1994		32,117	1	105	1,099
1993		34,987	1	100	1,130
1992		38,356	2	101	1,095
1991		43,398	2	121	969
1990		46,475	1	140	867
1989		47,884	1	252	627
1988		51,543	1	225	635
1987		55,994	1	243	582
1986		52,677	1	217	605
1985		48,347	1	229	580
1984		45,855	2	180	641
1983		45,282	2	194	616
1982		45,451	2	188	634
1981		42,533	2	167	668
1980		33,921	3	126	781
1979		27,776	4	114	818
1978		26,102	3	95	884
1977		24,843	4	91	893
1976		18,370	8	56	1,148
1975		12,929	13	51	1,187
1974		10,652	17	42	1,322
1973		7,226	34	20	2,077
1972		6,210	46	24	1,845
1971		5,360	64	19	2,165
1970		4,023	98	15	2,442
1969		2,492	134	13	2,479
1968		1,840	177	< 5	--
1967		1,761	183	12	2,407
1966		1,667	195	10	2,704
1965		1,530	216	8	3,109
1964		1,171	262	7	3,439
1963		1,120	265	5	4,329
1962		864	319	< 5	--
1961		667	372	< 5	--
1960		558	407	< 5	--
1959		522	414	< 5	--
1958		529	402	< 5	--
1957		476	431	< 5	--
1956		407	453	< 5	--
1955		386	460	< 5	--
1954		424	423	< 5	--
1953		495	382	< 5	--
1952		452	389	< 5	--
1951		466	380	< 5	--
1950		402	400	< 5	--
1949		406	395	< 5	--
1948		482	354	< 5	--
1947		430	385	< 5	--
1946		240	507	< 5	--
1945		132	634	< 5	--
1944		124	666	< 5	--
1943		121	691	< 5	--
1942		127	664	< 5	--
1941		81	804	< 5	--
1940		61	919	< 5	--
1939		77	779	< 5	--
1938		50	1,012	< 5	--
1937		72	812	< 5	--
1936		43	1,072	< 5	--
1935		47	1,008	< 5	--
1934		46	1,024	< 5	--
1933		43	1,066	< 5	--
1932		44	1,073	< 5	--
1931		39	1,151	< 5	--
1930		38	1,222	< 5	--
1929		42	1,143	< 5	--
1928		36	1,277	< 5	--
1927		39	1,269	< 5	--
1926		35	1,340	< 5	--
1925		34	1,389	< 5	--
1924		41	1,253	< 5	--
1923		52	1,061	< 5	--
1922		40	1,240	< 5	--
1921		48	1,104	< 5	--
1920		43	1,161	< 5	--
1919		40	1,184	< 5	--
1918		56	963	< 5	--
1917		55	938	< 5	--
1916		53	944	< 5	--
1915		55	887	< 5	--
1914		42	910	< 5	--
1913		25	1,105	< 5	--
1912		36	840	< 5	--
1911		21	971	< 5	--
1910		28	821	< 5	--
1909		18	980	< 5	--
1908		17	984	< 5	--
1907		17	932	< 5	--
1906		18	886	< 5	--
1905		17	911	< 5	--
1904		16	921	< 5	--
1903		16	880	< 5	--
1902		9	1,264	< 5	--
1901		8	1,273	< 5	--
1900		23	770	< 5	--
1899		14	894	< 5	--
1898		13	987	< 5	--
1897		9	1,120	< 5	--
1896		9	1,168	< 5	--
1895		19	733	< 5	--
1894		10	1,029	< 5	--
1893		15	777	< 5	--
1892		14	813	< 5	--
1891		14	735	< 5	--
1890		18	627	< 5	--
1889		9	926	< 5	--
1888		18	601	< 5	--
1887		8	898	< 5	--
1886		11	712	< 5	--
1885		6	981	< 5	--
1884		14	572	< 5	--
1883		6	866	< 5	--
1882		8	710	< 5	--
1881		7	715	< 5	--
1880		7	705	< 5	--

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.