Jess
Jess is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 22 births. Its best rank was 109th, in 1887.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 220.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1915577 births
- Best rank
- #109in 1887
- Since 1880
- 25,045people given the name
The story in the numbers
25,045 boys have been named Jess in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1915, with 577 births.
The name has all but left use: 22 births in 2024, against 577 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1950, and the 1910s alone account for 12%. It has spent 117 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Jess | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,182 | |
| 1890s | 1,013 | |
| 1900s | 897 | |
| 1910s | 2,974 | |
| 1920s | 2,653 | |
| 1930s | 1,699 | |
| 1940s | 1,998 | |
| 1950s | 2,447 | |
| 1960s | 2,315 | |
| 1970s | 2,781 | |
| 1980s | 2,565 | |
| 1990s | 1,424 | |
| 2000s | 681 | |
| 2010s | 305 | |
| 2020s | 111 |
In 1915, its biggest year
Jess was the 193rd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1915 were John, William, James, Robert and Joseph. See all of 1915.
Names that rose and fell with Jess
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Benpeak 1918
- Clempeak 1917
- Guspeak 1921
- Adolphuspeak 1922
- Generalpeak 1918
- Harrypeak 1918
- Lafayettepeak 1921
- Ernstpeak 1917
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.