# Jessika (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jessika/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,969 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 5,969 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 277, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 62 | 2,818 |
| 2011 | 54 | 3,106 |
| 2012 | 47 | 3,437 |
| 2013 | 32 | 4,477 |
| 2014 | 34 | 4,312 |
| 2015 | 26 | 5,203 |
| 2016 | 18 | 6,763 |
| 2017 | 20 | 6,157 |
| 2018 | 10 | 10,146 |
| 2019 | 17 | 6,860 |
| 2020 | 11 | 9,208 |
| 2022 | 9 | 10,760 |
| 2023 | 6 | 14,199 |
| 2024 | 5 | 16,348 |
| 2025 | 7 | 12,479 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 13 | 1,914 |
| 2009 | 16 | 1,668 |
| 2010 | 14 | 1,901 |
| 2011 | 12 | 2,150 |
| 2012 | 15 | 1,893 |
| 2013 | 12 | 2,176 |
| 2014 | 9 | 2,659 |
| 2015 | 7 | 3,252 |
| 2016 | 9 | 2,757 |
| 2017 | 9 | 2,706 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,901 |
| 2019 | 10 | 2,458 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5,493 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4,634 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

## People named Jessika

- Jessika Carr, American referee and professional wrestler
- Jessika van Leeuwen, Dutch politician
- Jessika Van, Asian American actress
- Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, Ecuadorian-American politician (born 1971)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.