How rare is the name Jesica?

5,732 people in the United States have the first name Jesica, about 1 in 52,692. It ranks #3,581 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

JESICA

#3,581

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,732
About
1 in 52,692
This common or more
82.7%
Who bears it

Of the 5,732 people named Jesica, 53.1% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 38.2% as White and 3.1% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Jesica peaked in 1987, when 238 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19662025
Peak year
1987
Births that year
238
In 2025*
5 ▼98%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 4,720 babies have been given the name since 1966. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Jesica by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #1,492. The largest share of babies named Jesica, 60.3%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1960s#10,83930
1970s#2,565628
1980s#1,4921,879
1990s#2,1711,393
2000s#4,525644
2010s#14,279128
2020s#27,87718
Generation X 1965–8016.9%
Millennials 1981–9660.3%
Generation Z 1997–1221.2%
2013 and later1.7%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Jesica is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jesica has been most common in California (3.1×), Florida (2.3×), and Texas (2.2×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.51×).

2,684 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Jesica

#3,579 Darion · 5,739#3,579 Rony · 5,739#3,582 Gigi · 5,731#3,583 Taliyah · 5,726

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jesica, most common first.

#28 Jessica · 957,447#10,294 Jesika · 1,303#34,544 Jesicca · 236#47,684 Jesyca · 136

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