Jessica

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Also spelled: Jessica- (9)

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 1996 and has been recorded in 29 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1996 with 6,711 babies (rank #3 that year). In 2024 it was given to 483 girls (rank #95). 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.

105,032
Total babies (all years)
29
Years in the data
6,711
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
19966,711#3
19976,090#4
19985,719#4
19994,799#8
20004,779#4
20014,888#4
20025,094#3
20034,928#4
20044,838#3
20055,030#1
20064,908#3
20074,595#5
20084,672#5
20094,291#6
20104,102#6
20113,984#4
20124,165#3
20133,507#6
20142,995#8
20152,937#7
20162,703#8
20172,139#15
20181,812#25
20191,439#33
20201,156#37
2021997#49
2022698#69
2023573#83
2024483#95