How old is Jessica?

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Someone said that they think Jessica is an old lady name but to me it is quite timeless/maybe more popular with people aged 20-40. If you saw the name Jessica written down how old would you expect her to be. Would you be surprised if a baby was called Jessica now/do you know any children called it?

I know lots of Jessicas: 45, 43, 30, 24, 19, 13, 7, 3 and 18 months. Sometimes they shorten it to Jess. Never heard any of them called Jessie.

My Jessica ( niece) is 17. It's a classic name.

An age you want her to be. Its common amongst the ages.

The two I know are 14 and 21. I believe Ms Rabbit is 40.

The oldest one I know is my age (46), although there is the fictional Ms Fletcher.
Mostly they are under 30, but it is still regularly used today. Jess is a nice nickname.

About 40, I know a few

She could be any age between newborn and 40.

[quote AwaAnBileYerHeid]@CrispAndFrosty yes, a good few were called Jessica. Not all, some were Jean, but from recall, there were more Jessica's than Jean's. As a nurse, I regularly accessed their medical records and so their official names were used.[/quote]
That's interesting, I wouldn't have expected that! Sorry I cross posted with you upthread, too. I wonder whether (assuming location by your username) Jessica took off earlier in Scotland because it works with Jessie? Or perhaps it did come into general use a little earlier than I thought. There was Jessica Mitford b. 1917, but she was from an aristocratic family with a sister called Unity, so I assumed she was a bit of an outlier.

It's a bit like Jennifer, which wasn't widely used before the 20th century, but immediately took off because of the older nickname Jenny (previously from Jane).