Yessica
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- YEH-see-kah
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #5,916 for girls
Yessica is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,916th for girls in the US (20 babies).
What does Yessica mean?
Hebrew: Spanish-style spelling of Jessica
Jessica was first used by Shakespeare in The Merchant of Venice, probably from the biblical name Iscah.
Is Yessica a girl's or a boy's name?
Yessica is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yessica in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,916th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 20 about 1 in 80,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 20 girls in the US were named Yessica, making it the 5,916th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,261st. Its busiest year was 1995, with 175 girls. It first appears in the records in 1973.
Half of all the girls named Yessica in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yessica in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #5,916 |
| 2024 | 20 | #5,959 |
| 2023 | 28 | #4,743 |
| 2022 | 25 | #5,169 |
| 2021 | 20 | #5,951 |
| 2020 | 32 | #4,261 |
| 2019 | 35 | #4,071 |
| 2018 | 26 | #5,003 |
| 2017 | 23 | #5,515 |
| 2016 | 28 | #4,849 |
| 2015 | 33 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 39 | #3,846 |
| 2013 | 51 | #3,165 |
| 2012 | 49 | #3,313 |
| 2011 | 66 | #2,663 |
| 2010 | 55 | #3,043 |
| 2009 | 98 | #2,076 |
| 2008 | 111 | #1,903 |
| 2007 | 114 | #1,848 |
| 2006 | 133 | #1,608 |
| 2005 | 135 | #1,525 |
| 2004 | 148 | #1,403 |
| 2003 | 157 | #1,312 |
| 2002 | 142 | #1,362 |
| 2001 | 156 | #1,256 |
| 2000 | 149 | #1,289 |
| 1999 | 137 | #1,313 |
| 1998 | 148 | #1,226 |
| 1997 | 129 | #1,332 |
| 1996 | 141 | #1,236 |
| 1995 | 175 | #1,034 |
| 1994 | 162 | #1,103 |
| 1993 | 128 | #1,310 |
| 1992 | 150 | #1,168 |
| 1991 | 149 | #1,170 |
| 1990 | 120 | #1,330 |
| 1989 | 79 | #1,713 |
| 1988 | 64 | #1,907 |
| 1987 | 72 | #1,677 |
| 1986 | 56 | #1,951 |
| 1985 | 38 | #2,544 |
| 1984 | 49 | #2,049 |
| 1983 | 41 | #2,309 |
| 1982 | 43 | #2,288 |
| 1981 | 31 | #2,847 |
| 1980 | 33 | #2,749 |
| 1979 | 36 | #2,525 |
| 1978 | 19 | #3,777 |
| 1977 | 11 | #5,530 |
| 1976 | 19 | #3,539 |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,482 |
| 1974 | 18 | #3,558 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
Nicknames for Yessica
- Yessi
Names like Yessica
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Samantha, Daniela, Eliana, Sierra, Gabriella, Gianna, Jessica, Talia, Bianca, Mariah, Estrella, Alina
Names related to Yessica
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from 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, “Yessica: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yessica, updated 20 October 2026.