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 1953 and has been recorded in 62 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1980 with 609 babies (rank #17 that year). It was not in the 2017 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.

13,536
Total babies (all years)
62
Years in the data
609
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
19537#684
195412#560
19559#637
195613#558
195723#424
195816#521
195922#470
196043#315
196145#321
196254#287
196343#336
196466#250
196558#273
196678#221
196772#225
196880#223
196990#209
1970113#175
1971181#118
1972471#42
1973341#56
1974372#45
1975329#49
1976354#46
1977471#28
1978512#25
1979552#20
1980609#17
1981539#21
1982400#33
1983491#19
1984419#27
1985391#30
1986431#24
1987400#32
1988456#23
1989413#30
1990440#31
1991415#34
1992378#36
1993346#40
1994342#43
1995413#27
1996426#31
1997262#57
1998198#82
1999195#80
2000158#108
2001158#106
2002114#139
2003102#156
2004101#155
200586#172
200672#194
200764#205
200865#200
200946#266
201037#303
201144#252
201235#280
201332#284
201431#303