Jessica

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: Arabic

Meaning

Jessica is a female given name of English origin. The oldest written record of the name with its current spelling is found as the name of the Shakespearean character Jessica, from the play The Merchant of Venice.

From Wikipedia

Jessica first appears in the data in 1976 and has been recorded in 42 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1990 with 2,453 babies (rank #1 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Jessica

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Jessica yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

43,137
Total babies (all years)
42
Years in the data
2,453
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

Famous people named Jessica

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
197678#98
1977157#73
1978154#74
1979269#42
1980305#36
1981466#18
1982788#7
19831,208#3
19841,468#1
19851,677#1
19861,829#1
19871,889#1
19881,983#1
19892,201#1
19902,453#1
19912,433#1
19922,327#1
19931,982#1
19941,778#1
19951,831#1
19961,655#1
19971,376#1
19981,192#2
19991,125#2
20001,174#1
20011,122#2
2002951#3
2003874#3
2004793#4
2005801#6
2006516#6
2007439#10
2008358#16
2009344#15
2010262#20
2011245#20
2012225#24
2013165#40
2014195#42
2015758#40
20161,127#20
2017164#79