Jessika
Jessika was the 12479th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 7 babies. Its best year was 1990, when it ranked 600th with 378 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 7,276 places. More babies were named Jessika in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Jessica) probably from biblical Iscah; coined by Shakespeare · Hebrew, English
- Rank in 2025
- #12,479 girls, down 3,271 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 7girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1990378 babies
- Total since 1880
- 5,969babies recorded
What does the name Jessika mean?
Jessika is a spelling of Jessica, pronounced the same way, so it shares Jessica's meaning and origin.
Jessica first appears in English as the name of Shylock's daughter in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice. Wiktionary takes it to be Shakespeare's version of Iscah, a minor figure in Genesis 11:29, whose name was spelled Jescha in the Wycliffe Bible. Hebrew Yiskah is usually explained from a verb meaning to see or look out, so Wiktionary glosses the name "he will see" or "he will look." Wiktionary also notes that people later took Jessica as a longer form of Jessie, which is a folk etymology.
יִסְכָּה (Biblical Hebrew, “Iscah; from a root 'to see, look'”)
How sure is this? Probable. The link with Iscah is the standard explanation but rests on Shakespeare's likely source, not on his own statement.
Other explanations you may read: A long form of Jessie (from Jane/Janet). Jessica is older in English than that reading..
Related names: Jess, Jessie, Jessika, Iscah.
See also: Hebrew names.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Jessica' (English section), Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- Genesis 11:29, The JPS Tanakh: Gender-Sensitive Edition (via Sefaria), Jewish Publication Society / Sefaria
Jessika popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #12,479 | 7 |
| 2020 | #9,208 | 11 |
| 2010 | #2,818 | 62 |
| 2000 | #1,152 | 176 |
| 1990 | #600 | 378 |
| 1980 | #1,558 | 75 |
| 1970 | #6,019 | 8 |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Jessika, counting every spelling?
Jessika is a spelling of Jessica, a name family that ranked #659 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #12,479 for Jessika on its own. Together these spellings went to 436 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jessica | 424 | #665 | 2,777 |
| Jessika | 7 | #12,479 | 27 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Jessika?
7 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Jessika (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Jessika born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,224 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Jessika.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Jessika?
About 5,800 people born in the US named Jessika are alive today, with a median age of 33; half are between 27 and 38. That makes Jessika mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Jessika: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Jessika, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Jessika
What does Jessika mean?
Jessika is a spelling of Jessica, which means “probably from biblical Iscah; coined by Shakespeare” (Hebrew, English origin). Certainty: probable.
How popular is the name Jessika?
Jessika was the 12479th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 7 babies. Its best year was 1990, when it ranked 600th with 378 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 7,276 places. More babies were named Jessika in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Jessika a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Jessika in the US.