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Jessica Romantic • Careful • Straightforward
Jessica Romantic • Careful • Straightforward
Romantic • Careful • Straightforward
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Fun Facts
It Appears On Shakespear's The Merchant Of Venice. .
Also the name of many actresses, such as: Jessica Biel, Jessica Alba and Jessica Simpson.
Jessica Name Popularity
Boys vs Girls
0.55%
Male
99.45%
Female
Jessica is predominantly a girls name, with 99.45% of Jessicas being girls, and 0.55% being boys.
In the United States there have been a total of 3596 males named Jessica, and 651193 females given the name
Popularity of Jessica by state:
This chart shows the maximum percentage of babys named Jessica in each state. Lighter colors indicate higher percentages and popularity, while lower colors indicate less popularity.
Lighter = More Popular
Darker = Less Popular
Jessica: Baby name popularity graph, 1880-2024
The below graph, labeled 'Percentage named Jessica' is a graph showing the overall ranking of the girls name Jessica in the USA from 1880-2024. 1 being the highest and most popular, 66358 being the lowest and least used. Through these years over 66358 unique total names have been given to girls living in the United States so far. Jessica's average ranking is 1601.59, with it's highest ever rank being #. Jessica has reach the top 10 most popular girls name 8 times, and has reached the top hundred names 33 times.
Jessica has been used in the United States ever since 1880, with over 654789 girls given the name in the past 200 years. Jessica gained the most popularity as a baby name in 1981, when it's usage went up by 124.79%. During this year, 42530 babies were named Jessica, which was 1.2502% of the baby girls born in the USA that year. The most the names popularity ever grew to was 1.334%, in this year alone more than 46000 girls were named Jessica.
Popular 'J' Names - Girls
Girls names starting with 'J'
Listed below are the 20 most commonly used baby names begining with J. These girls names are ordered by their overall popularity of recently named babies in the United states. Also listed is their their rank compared to other 'J' names, their over all rank among all girl names, the total number of baby girls expected to be given this name in 2024, and the total percentage of girls given this name.
| Name | 'J-Name' Rank | Overall Rank | Total Named | Percentage named |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julia | 1. | 211. | 3310 | 0.091% |
| Josephine | 2. | 262. | 2766 | 0.076% |
| Jade | 3. | 267. | 2685 | 0.074% |
| Jasmine | 4. | 275. | 2625 | 0.073% |
| Jordyn | 5. | 336. | 2092 | 0.058% |
| Jocelyn | 6. | 337. | 2088 | 0.058% |
| Juliana | 7. | 366. | 1944 | 0.054% |
| Juliette | 8. | 432. | 1646 | 0.045% |
| Julianna | 9. | 435. | 1597 | 0.044% |
| Juliet | 10. | 482. | 1391 | 0.038% |
| Jayla | 11. | 494. | 1377 | 0.038% |
| Jessica | 12. | 496. | 1375 | 0.038% |
| Josie | 13. | 504. | 1352 | 0.037% |
| Joanna | 14. | 531. | 1263 | 0.035% |
| Journey | 15. | 561. | 1193 | 0.033% |
| June | 16. | 565. | 1180 | 0.033% |
| Jennifer | 17. | 576. | 1153 | 0.032% |
| Jacqueline | 18. | 586. | 1130 | 0.031% |
| Jane | 19. | 589. | 1129 | 0.031% |
| Jordan | 20. | 599. | 1113 | 0.031% |