Yessica
Yessica is a female given name and may refer to:Yessica Chávez, Mexican world champion boxer and International Boxing Hall of Famer. Yéssica Mouton, Bolivian model who was crowned Miss Bolivia 2011, and competed in the 2012 Miss Universe Yessica Ramírez, who represented the Mexican state of Baja California in the national pageant Nuestra Belleza Mexico Yessica Salazar, woman from the Mexican…
- Spanish
Meaning & Origin of Yessica
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Yessica is a female given name and may refer to:Yessica Chávez, Mexican world champion boxer and International Boxing Hall of Famer. Yéssica Mouton, Bolivian model who was crowned Miss Bolivia 2011, and competed in the 2012 Miss Universe Yessica Ramírez, who represented the Mexican state of Baja California in the national pageant Nuestra Belleza Mexico Yessica Salazar, woman from the Mexican…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Spanish
The Story of Yessica
Yessica first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1973, with 7 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1995, when 175 Yessicas were born — ranking #1,037 that year. As of 2026, Yessica ranks #6,054 for baby girls with 20 births, falling sharply (-16%). In total, more than 4K Yessicas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
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About the name Yessica
Yessica is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1973 and has accumulated 4K births in the dataset. Yessica's peak popularity came in 1995 when it ranked #1,037. Use the chart and map above to compare Yessica's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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