Jessica
A girls’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning god beholds; coined by shakespeare from Iscah.
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 |
Jessica by the numbers
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.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 55,991 babies in 1987, so it is a 1980s name that has since fallen a long way.
At its height, in 1985, about 1 in 38 American girls born that year was called Jessica.
Names that come from Jessica
Forms of Jessica in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Jesslynwealthy; a form of Jessica with -lyn suffix99 in the US (2017)
- Jessalynwealthy; a form of Jessica76 in the US (2017)
- JessyGod sees; form of Jessica or Jesse67 in the US (2017)
- Jeslynwealthy; a form of Jessica with -lyn suffix54 in the US (2017)
- Yessicaspelling variant of Jessica; God beholds23 in the US (2017)
- JessabelleGod's oath; a form of Jessabel or Jessica12 in the US (2017)
- Yesicagod beholds; a modern respelling of Jessica11 in the US (2017)
- JesselynGod hears; a form of Jessica with -lyn suffix10 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Jessica. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Jessiavariant of Jessica; God beholds20 in the US (2017)
- Jessikavariant of Jessica; God beholds20 in the US (2017)
- Jesicagod beholds; a spelling variant of jessica8 in the US (2017)
- Jessiewealthy; gift; form of Jessica or Jesse664 in the US (2017)
- JessaGod beholds; short form of Jessica307 in the US (2017)
- Jessiwealthy; a form of Jessica84 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Jessica
Names that are said the same way as Jessica, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean God
Like Jessica, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Isabellapledged to God15,112 in the US (2017)
- Elizabethmy God is an oath8,924 in the US (2017)
- Angelmessenger of God6,157 in the US (2017)
- Auroradawn; Roman goddess of sunrise1,030 in England and Wales (2025)
- SamanthaGod has heard; feminine form of Samuel4,308 in the US (2017)
- Micahwho is like God3,924 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Jessica
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