Jessica
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Jessica
When Jennifer finally gave up her Number 1 place on the girls' popularity list, her crown was passed to Jessica, who reigned for not one but two decades. Jessica was the Number 1 name in both the mid-1980s and 1990s, never sounding quite as trendy as its predecessor, maybe because of its classic Shakespearean pedigree.
Jessica fell out of the Top 10 in 2001 and has been heading straight downhill ever since, though she still ranks in the middle of the Top 1000. Our guess is that a lot of new moms who loved the name Jessica growing up are now giving it to their daughters, though it's far from a fashionable choice.
Jessica seems to have been coined in this form by Shakespeare for the character of Shylock's daughter in The Merchant of Venice, possibly as an Anglicization of the biblical name Iscah. There are several attractive Jessicas on the scene today, including Jessica Lange, Jessica Alba, Jessica Biel, Jessica Simpson, and Jessica Chastain.
Many Jessicas, grownup as well as newborn, are called Jessie or Jess, which freshens up the name as one of the stylish boyish nicknames for girls. Other variations in use include Jessi, Jessy, Jesse, Jessa, and Jesslyn.
Jessica is also given to boys.
Pronounced JES-i-kuh.
As of October 2026, Jessica ranked #665 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1 in 1985, Nameberry popularity #294.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #179 | 1,802 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #206 | 1,591 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #231 | 1,392 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #246 | 1,291 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #312 | 1,066 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #331 | 969 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #399 | 779 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #477 | 656 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #508 | 620 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #550 | 550 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #574 | 526 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #665 | 424 | — | 0 |
World rankings
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Jessica on lists
Famous Jessicas
- Jessica Marie AlbaGirl
American actress
- Jessica Claire BielGirl
American actress
- Jessica Michelle ChastainGirl
American actress
- Jessica Danielle AndrewsGirl
American singer/songwriter
- Jessica Karen SzohrGirl
American actress
- Jessica Louise OrigliassoGirl
American singer
- Jessica Ann SimpsonGirl
American singer
- Jessica Alice TandyGirl
English,American actress
- Jessica Phyllis LangeGirl
American actress
- Jessica Brooke CapshawGirl
American actress
- Jessica Hilda MauboyGirl
Australian pop singer
- Jessica Elizabeth SanchezGirl
American pop singer
- Jessica Leigh StroupGirl
American actress
- Jessica Louise "Jesy" NelsonGirl
singer of British girl group Little Mix
- Jessica EnnisGirl
Hill, English Olympic heptathlete
- Jessica OlieGirl
CEO of This is Olie
- Sarah Jessica ParkerGirl
American actress
- Jessica PimentelGirl
American actress
- Jessica Grace HansonGirl
sister of the Hanson brothers
- Jessica LecciaGirl
American actress
- Jessica Rose BrownGirl
Findlay, English actress
- Jessica Sue DavisGirl
American actress; twin brother Jesse Davis
- Jessica Lily "Jessie" BridgesGirl
daughter of actor Jeff Bridges
- Jessica Isabel Rowling ArantesGirl
daughter of novelist J.K. Rowling
- Jessica Suzanne LowndesGirl
American actress
- Jessica JungGirl
Korean,American singer, actress, businesswoman and former member of South Korean girl group Girls' Generation
- Jessica SulaGirl
Welsh actress starring in ABC Family's "Recovery Road"
- Jessica MitfordGirl
English author
- Jessica Jean (Schafer) SkubeGirl
American family vlogger known as "Jesssfam"
- Jessica "Settie" GeeGirl
American YouTuber of The Bucket List Family
- Jessica Jane WillisGirl
first child in family band The Willis Clan
- Jessica "Jess" Stout aka AphmauGirl
American YouTuber
- Jessica OttGirl
Best Friend of YouTuber Jordan Frye
- Jessica "Jess" Bauer ConteGirl
YouTuber
- Jessica WessonGirl
(born 1982) retired American Actress
- Jessica Marie McDonaldGirl
American soccer player
Jessica in pop culture
- Jessica JonesGirl
main character on Marvel's show of the same name
- Jessica Drew aka SpiderwomanGirl
character in Marvel comics
- JessicaGirl
character in Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice"
- Jessica FletcherGirl
main character on TV's "Murder, She Wrote"
- Jessica RabbitGirl
character in movie "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?"
- Jessica MooreGirl
character on TV's "Supernatural"
- Jessica DarlingGirl
main character in the Jessica Darling series by Megan McCafferty
- Jessica GoldmanGirl
character in Kenneth Lonergan's "This Is Our Youth"
- Jessica "Jess" DayGirl
main character on TV's "New Girl"
- Jessica "Jessie" PrescottGirl
character on TV's "Jessie"
- Jessica GlitterGirl
character on TV's "How I Met Your Mother"
- Jessica "Jessi" RamsayGirl
character in the "Baby,Sitters Club" series
- Jessica SherawatGirl
character in video game "Resident Evil: Revelations"
- Jessica DauntGirl
character in "Tiburon" (1935) by Kylie Tennant
- Jessica "Jess" DelaneyGirl
character in the "Mother,Daughter Book Club" series by Heather Vogel Frederick
- Jessica WakefieldGirl
character in the "Sweet Valley High" book series
- Jessica EllisGirl
character on TV's "The Suite Life of Zack and Cody," twin sister Janice Ellis
- Jessica HambyGirl
character on TV's "True Blood"
- Jessica Lourdes PearsonGirl
character on TV's "Suits"
- Jessica DavisGirl
character in "Thirteen Reasons Why"
- Amelia "Amy " Jessica PondGirl
character on TV's "Doctor Who"
- Jessica "JessGirl
" character on TV's "Misfits"
- Jessica DiLaurentisGirl
Alison Dilaurentis' mother in "Pretty Little Liars"
- Jessica "Jess"Girl
character in video game "Until Dawn"
- Jessica DanforthGirl
character on TV's "Arrow"
- Jessica AlkirkGirl
from Lunar the Silver Star and its remakes
- Jessica AlbertGirl
character in video game 'Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King'
- Jessica RileyGirl
character in film "Crazy, Stupid, Love"
- JessicaGirl
character in "Rick and Morty"
- "JessicaGirl
" song by the Allman Brothers
- "JessicaGirl
" song by Regina Spektor
- "Let's Scare Jessica to DeathGirl
" 1971 horror movie
- Jessica CruzGirl
(aka Green Lantern), character in the DC Universe
- Jessica LovejoyGirl
a minor one,shot character from "The Simpsons"
- Jessica HunterGirl
one of Mackenzie Hollister’s best friends and antagonist of “Dork Diaries”.
- Jessica OlsonGirl
main character in movie "Starstruck"
- Jessica MartinGirl
main character in movie "How the West Was Fun"
- Jessica "Jess" SathersGirl
character in series "The OC"
- JessicaGirl
character in series "Malcolm in the Middle"
- Jessica AshleyGirl
character in series "Friends"
- Jessica WrightGirl
main character in movie "Thanksgiving"
- Jessica LockwoodGirl
Minor character in Jonathan Stroud's Lockwood & Co. series
- Jessica LockhartGirl
fictional character in series “Friends”