Jessika
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Jessika is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Jessika mean?
Hebrew
A female given name from Hebrew, of rare, modern usage, variant of Jessica
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Jessika a girl's or a boy's name?
Jessika is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jessika in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 84% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Jessika, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 17 girls.
Half of all the girls named Jessika in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Jessika in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,590 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,864 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,893 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,809 |
| 2013 | 14 | #2,061 |
| 2012 | 17 | #1,828 |
| 2011 | 14 | #2,032 |
| 2010 | 17 | #1,757 |
| 2009 | 17 | #1,691 |
| 2008 | 14 | #1,943 |
| 2007 | 10 | #2,354 |
| 2006 | 15 | #1,681 |
| 2005 | 12 | #1,912 |
| 2004 | 15 | #1,561 |
| 2003 | 11 | #1,831 |
| 2002 | 17 | #1,280 |
| 2001 | 8 | #2,150 |
| 2000 | 8 | #2,097 |
| 1999 | 10 | #1,770 |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,951 |
| 1997 | 15 | #1,333 |
| 1996 | 8 | #2,012 |
How popular is Jessika in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 11,928th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 230,000 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, 7 girls in the US were named Jessika, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 1990, with 378 girls. It first appears in the records in 1968.
Half of all the girls named Jessika in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 1999, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jessika in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,694 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 20 | #6,040 |
| 2016 | 18 | #6,660 |
| 2015 | 26 | #5,125 |
| 2014 | 34 | #4,267 |
| 2013 | 32 | #4,420 |
| 2012 | 47 | #3,418 |
| 2011 | 54 | #3,091 |
| 2010 | 62 | #2,802 |
| 2009 | 63 | #2,799 |
| 2008 | 61 | #2,886 |
| 2007 | 79 | #2,394 |
| 2006 | 85 | #2,248 |
| 2005 | 103 | #1,877 |
| 2004 | 89 | #2,042 |
| 2003 | 88 | #2,031 |
| 2002 | 127 | #1,492 |
| 2001 | 127 | #1,475 |
| 2000 | 176 | #1,148 |
| 1999 | 171 | #1,141 |
| 1998 | 213 | #962 |
| 1997 | 225 | #893 |
| 1996 | 223 | #885 |
| 1995 | 276 | #739 |
| 1994 | 258 | #790 |
| 1993 | 290 | #728 |
| 1992 | 327 | #673 |
| 1991 | 311 | #688 |
| 1990 | 378 | #598 |
| 1989 | 270 | #729 |
| 1988 | 272 | #701 |
| 1987 | 278 | #669 |
| 1986 | 170 | #933 |
| 1985 | 156 | #981 |
| 1984 | 120 | #1,137 |
| 1983 | 83 | #1,411 |
| 1982 | 87 | #1,399 |
| 1981 | 86 | #1,423 |
| 1980 | 75 | #1,552 |
| 1979 | 68 | #1,645 |
| 1978 | 57 | #1,781 |
| 1977 | 60 | #1,717 |
| 1976 | 47 | #1,912 |
| 1975 | 32 | #2,456 |
| 1974 | 32 | #2,396 |
| 1973 | 14 | #4,154 |
| 1972 | 11 | #4,792 |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,541 |
| 1970 | 8 | #5,817 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
Names like Jessika
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jasmine, Francesca, Aisha, Abigail, Joanna, Tabitha, Jemima, Gabriella, Fatima, Emily, Mia, Samantha
Names related to Jessika
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo
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, “Jessika: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jessika, updated 20 October 2026.