Yessica Girl
How popular is Yessica?
#5,916 girl name in 2025
20 baby girls were named Yessica in the US in 2025, making it the 5916th most popular girl name.
Yessica popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #5,916 for girls (▲ 43 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 20 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-39% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #4,294 in 2015, #4,261 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1995 (175 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,034 in 1995 |
| First recorded | 1973 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Yessica counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Yessica family of names ranked #3,284 for girls in 2025 (#2,695 the year before), with 28 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Yessica | 20 | 71% |
| Yesica | 8 | 29% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Yessica is most popular
Babies named Yessica per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (20 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (14 girls)
Yessica by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 118 | #2,525 |
| 1980s | 506 | #1,677 |
| 1990s | 1,439 | #1,034 |
| 2000s | 1,343 | #1,256 |
| 2010s | 405 | #2,663 |
| 2020s | 145 | #4,261 |
Girl names about as popular as Yessica
Questions
- Is Yessica a boy or girl name?
- Yessica is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Yessica were girls.
- How popular is the name Yessica?
- 20 baby girls were named Yessica in the US in 2025, making it the 5916th most popular girl name.
- When was Yessica most popular?
- Yessica peaked in 1995, when 175 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,034 in 1995.
- How many people are named Yessica?
- 3,956 babies have been named Yessica in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,898 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 27.
- Where is Yessica most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Yessica was most common in California, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.