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 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1991 with 5,261 babies (rank #1 that year). In 2024 it was given to 73 girls (rank #411). 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.

44,174
Total babies (all years)
34
Years in the data
5,261
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19915,261#1
19924,610#1
19934,146#1
19943,622#1
19953,531#1
19962,871#1
19972,527#2
19982,111#3
19991,935#3
20001,818#3
20011,520#6
20021,336#6
20031,143#8
20041,142#7
2005963#12
2006758#19
2007711#26
2008610#38
2009468#53
2010424#60
2011354#74
2012315#89
2013282#104
2014278#103
2015214#140
2016198#147
2017187#158
2018149#197
2019159#173
2020113#259
2021101#315
202299#300
202378#377
202473#411