Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Jessica

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Jessica
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 99.1% from peak

Peak era

1987

Peak rank proxy

55,996

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Millennial

1880Peak 19872024

Peak year

1987

Decline from peak

99.1%

2024

526

All-time

1,050,306

Jessica once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1987, when 55,996 girls were named Jessica.

In 2024, only 526 girls were given the name.

Down 99.1% from its peak.

All told, about 1,050,306 Americans have been named Jessica and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationMillennial

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 99.1% from peak

198755,996 girls named Jessica

2024526 girls named Jessica

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