Jessica
Meaning and origin
Borrowed from English Jessica, popular at the end of the 20th century.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Jessica (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Jessica has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 1998. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 188 |
| 1999 | 181 |
| 2000 | 137 |
| 2001 | 90 |
| 2002 | 87 |
| 2003 | 83 |
| 2004 | 75 |
| 2005 | 56 |
| 2006 | 68 |
| 2007 | 47 |
| 2008 | 50 |
| 2009 | 39 |
| 2010 | 50 |
| 2011 | 36 |
| 2012 | 51 |
| 2013 | 26 |
| 2014 | 28 |
| 2015 | 25 |
| 2016 | 28 |
| 2017 | 21 |
| 2018 | 27 |
| 2019 | 19 |
| 2020 | 23 |
| 2021 | 14 |
| 2022 | 17 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 19,977 |
| 2000 | 20,191 |
| 2001 | 20,369 |
| 2002 | 20,552 |
| 2003 | 20,742 |
| 2004 | 20,852 |
| 2005 | 20,864 |
| 2006 | 20,951 |
| 2007 | 20,989 |
| 2008 | 21,110 |
| 2009 | 21,172 |
| 2010 | 21,244 |
| 2011 | 21,296 |
| 2012 | 21,369 |
| 2013 | 21,381 |
| 2014 | 21,432 |
| 2015 | 21,465 |
| 2016 | 21,511 |
| 2017 | 21,566 |
| 2018 | 21,619 |
| 2019 | 21,660 |
| 2020 | 21,688 |
Jessica in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Jessica.Hi! My name is Jessica.
- Jessica bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Jessica lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Jag ska fika med Jessica i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Jessica this afternoon.
- Jessicas mamma är lärare.Jessica's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Jessicas mamma is Jessica's mum.
Related names and other spellings
More names
Questions about Jessica
How do you pronounce Jessica in Swedish?
Press Listen at the top of the page to hear Jessica from a native speaker's recording. J is said like the English y.
What does the name Jessica mean?
Borrowed from English Jessica, popular at the end of the 20th century.
How popular is Jessica in Sweden?
17 babies were named Jessica in 2022. In 2020, 21,688 people in Sweden had Jessica as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 1998 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.