NameTides

Jessica

Jessica was the #665 girls' name in the US in 2025 (424 babies), and #139 in England & Wales and #466 in Canada.

Jessica as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Jessica as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.012.52537.55018801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandEngland & WalesCanadaUS
Jessica as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.012.52537.5501880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#665 (424)#139 (360)#49 (81)#96 (21)#141 (32)#466 (66)——
2024#575 (527)#95 (483)#48 (80)#127 (16)#117 (40)#417 (73)——
2023#549 (550)#83 (573)#25 (123)#60 (35)#103 (49)#351 (84)——
2022#508 (620)#69 (698)#27 (129)#62 (34)#62 (86)#288 (103)——
2021#477 (656)#49 (997)#24 (150)#38 (52)#66 (90)#309 (105)——
2020#399 (780)#37 (1,156)#18 (168)#37 (50)#59 (91)#280 (109)——
2019#331 (970)#33 (1,439)#11 (223)#28 (67)#47 (123)#167 (166)——
2018#313 (1,065)#25 (1,812)#10 (262)#16 (95)#41 (127)#189 (156)——
2017#246 (1,292)#15 (2,139)#6 (318)#25 (84)#38 (150)#161 (188)#96 (75)#100 (56)
2016#231 (1,392)#8 (2,703)#7 (309)#14 (120)#48 (131)#149 (199)#72 (98)#85 (63)
2015#206 (1,592)#7 (2,937)#5 (357)#11 (138)#38 (160)#140 (220)#49 (130)#67 (71)
2014#179 (1,804)#8 (2,995)#5 (419)#14 (123)#32 (173)#103 (280)#40 (164)#44 (102)
2013#164 (1,951)#6 (3,507)#7 (374)#9 (158)#28 (215)#107 (282)#40 (165)#39 (115)
2012#137 (2,335)#3 (4,165)#7 (402)#5 (173)#29 (236)#85 (324)#24 (225)#30 (143)
2011#118 (2,626)#4 (3,984)#8 (349)#8 (164)#31 (246)#74 (356)#20 (245)#25 (151)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1987 at #1.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,800 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 3,800uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 700common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 220common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 350common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 660common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 2,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Jessica is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 3,600 to 1 in 4,400.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Jessica by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #478WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #540MNIllinois: #797ILMichigan: #1,210MINew York: #980NYMassachusetts: #682MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #916INOhio: #668OHPennsylvania: #689PANew Jersey: #667NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #480CAUtah: #408UTColorado: #634CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #926MOKentucky: #443KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #662VAMaryland: #600MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #416AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #983TNNorth Carolina: #684NCSouth Carolina: #467SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #776LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #574ALGeorgia: #581GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #570TXFlorida: #692FL
Jessica (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#28045
Quebec2025#7745

Jessica (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
JessicaCanadaGirls#46666
JessicaCanadaBoys—too few
JessicaEngland & WalesGirls#139360
Jessica-England & WalesGirls—too few
JessicaIrelandGirls#14132
JessicaNorthern IrelandGirls#9621
JessicaNSWGirls—too few
JessicaScotlandGirls#4981
JessicaUSGirls#665424
JessicaUSBoys—too few
JessicaVICGirls—too few