Jessica: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced JES-ih-kuh · 3 syllables

Jessica means “he will see/behold/look for; to see, behold, look for”, from Hebrew.

How popular is Jessica?

Jessica was the #665 name in the US in 2025, given to 424 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 73% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1980.

Babies named Jessica in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 1980).

Half of US adults named Jessica are older than 39; most are between 24 and 51. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Jessica have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Jessica means “he will see/behold/look for; to see, behold, look for”. It comes from Hebrew.

Jessica is pronounced JES-ih-kuh.

Jessica was the #665 name in the US in 2025, given to 424 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 73% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1980.

Half of US adults named Jessica are older than 39. Most are between 24 and 51.