Jessica
A girls’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning god beholds; coined by shakespeare from Iscah.
Babies a year
360
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Common
among names in use
US popularity
#665
down from #574
UK popularity
#139
360 babies · down from #95
How Jessica has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #206 |
| 2016 | #230 |
| 2017 | #246 |
| 2018 | #311 |
| 2019 | #332 |
| 2020 | #399 |
| 2021 | #480 |
| 2022 | #508 |
| 2023 | #553 |
| 2024 | #574 |
| 2025 | #665 |
In 2025, 360 babies in England and Wales were named Jessica. In the US, 1,271 were, though that figure is from 2017 — the most recent full year we hold. Its US peak was 55,991 in 1987.
Looking further back: between 1880 and 2008, Jessica was most common in 1985, when it went to 2.62% of American babies of that sex.
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