Jessica
Featured in baby name books
Jessica is a Hebrew name meaning “God sees” or “He beholds,” with “wealthy” also offered. Shakespeare gave Jessica to Shylock’s daughter in The Merchant of Venice, possibly drawing on the biblical Jesca or on Jesse. Jessica was a fixture near the top from the mid-’70s and reached number one around 1990, and is less fashionable now. In Logan’s Run, Jessica is the alluring young woman who helps Logan flee a future society that euthanizes its citizens.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names Book, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Sci-Fi Baby Names
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Usage of Jessica in different languages / cultures
The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Jessica against each list of names.
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Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Jessica is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.
Jessica in official name statistics
United States
In 2025, 424 girls were named Jessica, making it the #665 girls' name in the US. Since 1880, 1,050,729 girls have been named Jessica, with the most (55,992) in 1987. It is most common, relative to births, in Utah, Arizona and South Carolina.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year are not listed.
Other countries
Counts are babies born that year, or living people for "all ages" rows, as published by each country's statistics office or population register.
Jessica in other languages
- Jéssica Portuguese, Spanish
- Dżesika Polish
Jessica name days
- July 6 Sweden
Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Towns named Jessica
There are 2 towns and villages with Jessica in their name.
| Name | Where | Population | |
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| Jessica | Colorado, 🇺🇸 United States | – | Map |
| Jessica Estates | Virginia, 🇺🇸 United States | – | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Lakes named Jessica
There are 4 lakes and reservoirs with Jessica in their name.
| Name | Where | |
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| Jessica Lake | Ontario, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Jessica Lake | Manitoba, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Jessica Lake | British Columbia, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Jessica | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Jessica songs
7 songs and musical works on Wikidata have Jessica in their title. The best known:
- Jessica – Dickey Betts (1973)
- Fly (Jessica song) – Jessica Jung (2016)
- Jessica – Dir En Grey (2001)
- Around the World av Dr. Alban og Jessica Folcker – Dr. Alban (2014)
- Jessica – Elliot Minor (2007)
- Jessica – S. Thaman
- Jessica – Juli
Song data: Wikidata (CC0), ordered by how widely each song is covered on Wikipedia.
Celebrities named Jessica
Based on celebrities listed on Wikipedia, filtered to only those with the first name Jessica.
Jessica Ahlquist
Jessica Care Moore
Jessica Chastain
Jessica Clarke
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Fictional characters named Jessica
Characters from films and TV series, from Wikidata, ordered by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
Character data: Wikidata (CC0). Images: Wikimedia Commons; click an image for its author and licence.
Jessica as a pet name
FurryName has found 87 dogs named Jessica in public pet registers, making it the #1,286 dog name there. Most of them are registered in Golden Plains Shire (3), Prospect (2), Adelaide (1). Jessica as a dog name →
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