Jesica
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- JES-i-ka
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Jesica is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Jesica mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Jessica; first used by Shakespeare, probably from the biblical Iscah
Jessica, Shylock's daughter in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, is the earliest known bearer.
Meaning borrowed from Jessica. More on Wiktionary.
Is Jesica a girl's or a boy's name?
Jesica is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jesica in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2022, with 7 girls.
Half of all the girls named Jesica in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jesica in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 1 | #7,491 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 1 | #5,152 |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
How popular is Jesica in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 14,937th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Jesica, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1987, with 238 girls. It first appears in the records in 1966.
Half of all the girls named Jesica in the US since 1880 were born between 1983 and 1995, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 429 girls in the US were given Jesica or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #671, up from #14,937 for this spelling alone.
- Jessica 424
- Jesica 5
Jesica in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 18 | #6,725 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2011 | 23 | #5,725 |
| 2010 | 25 | #5,412 |
| 2009 | 35 | #4,268 |
| 2008 | 46 | #3,528 |
| 2007 | 35 | #4,298 |
| 2006 | 59 | #2,915 |
| 2005 | 51 | #3,077 |
| 2004 | 81 | #2,192 |
| 2003 | 81 | #2,141 |
| 2002 | 70 | #2,307 |
| 2001 | 100 | #1,774 |
| 2000 | 86 | #1,948 |
| 1999 | 85 | #1,854 |
| 1998 | 88 | #1,771 |
| 1997 | 117 | #1,417 |
| 1996 | 97 | #1,597 |
| 1995 | 146 | #1,173 |
| 1994 | 144 | #1,214 |
| 1993 | 157 | #1,129 |
| 1992 | 156 | #1,129 |
| 1991 | 199 | #950 |
| 1990 | 204 | #928 |
| 1989 | 189 | #939 |
| 1988 | 213 | #844 |
| 1987 | 238 | #754 |
| 1986 | 205 | #820 |
| 1985 | 194 | #838 |
| 1984 | 170 | #883 |
| 1983 | 170 | #890 |
| 1982 | 178 | #865 |
| 1981 | 184 | #846 |
| 1980 | 138 | #1,034 |
| 1979 | 126 | #1,085 |
| 1978 | 113 | #1,138 |
| 1977 | 97 | #1,240 |
| 1976 | 96 | #1,182 |
| 1975 | 66 | #1,527 |
| 1974 | 35 | #2,254 |
| 1973 | 37 | #2,127 |
| 1972 | 27 | #2,598 |
| 1971 | 17 | #3,650 |
| 1970 | 14 | #4,037 |
| 1969 | 16 | #3,460 |
| 1968 | 8 | #5,146 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 6 | #5,808 |
Nicknames for Jesica
Names like Jesica
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jessica, Sara, Fatima, Tabitha, Gabriella, Joanna, Mia, Elisa, Eliza, Isabella, Lara, Jemima
Other spellings of Jesica
Names related to Jesica
More Hebrew names
Noah, Elijah, James, Jack, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo, Elsie
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jesica: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jesica, updated 20 October 2026.