Jess
Girl · JES · Hebrew
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Jess is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 5,207th for boys in the US (18 babies).
Where does Jess come from?
Hebrew: short form of Jessica
- Say it
- JES
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Is Jess a girl's or a boy's name?
Jess is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls and 3 boys in the UK and 10 girls and 18 boys in the US.
How popular is Jess in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 72% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Jess, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,708th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 48 girls. 3 boys were also named Jess in 2025 (5,065th for boys).
2025 had the fewest girls named Jess since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Jess in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Girls were 64% of the babies named Jess in the UK in 1996, and 82% in 2012.
Among girls in 2025, it was 780th in Scotland.
Jess in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,480 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 2020 | 18 | #1,708 |
| 2019 | 25 | #1,368 |
| 2018 | 21 | #1,577 |
| 2017 | 23 | #1,497 |
| 2016 | 30 | #1,209 |
| 2015 | 24 | #1,431 |
| 2014 | 23 | #1,452 |
| 2013 | 25 | #1,402 |
| 2012 | 23 | #1,474 |
| 2011 | 24 | #1,379 |
| 2010 | 27 | #1,262 |
| 2009 | 27 | #1,212 |
| 2008 | 37 | #946 |
| 2007 | 40 | #868 |
| 2006 | 40 | #824 |
| 2005 | 48 | #698 |
| 2004 | 36 | #834 |
| 2003 | 36 | #804 |
| 2002 | 16 | #1,333 |
| 2001 | 23 | #1,013 |
| 2000 | 24 | #987 |
| 1999 | 20 | #1,103 |
| 1998 | 15 | #1,350 |
| 1997 | 16 | #1,278 |
| 1996 | 25 | #905 |
How popular is Jess in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,207among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 95,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the US were named Jess, making it the 5,207th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,422nd. Its busiest year was 1915, with 577 boys. 10 girls were also named Jess in 2025 (9,454th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Jess in the US since 1880 were born between 1920 and 1976, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 4% of the babies named Jess in the US in 1884, and 29% in 2023.
Jess in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #5,207 |
| 2024 | 22 | #4,567 |
| 2023 | 25 | #4,216 |
| 2022 | 17 | #5,441 |
| 2021 | 25 | #4,114 |
| 2020 | 22 | #4,422 |
| 2019 | 23 | #4,333 |
| 2018 | 33 | #3,369 |
| 2017 | 22 | #4,462 |
| 2016 | 30 | #3,595 |
| 2015 | 35 | #3,230 |
| 2014 | 32 | #3,369 |
| 2013 | 28 | #3,659 |
| 2012 | 33 | #3,294 |
| 2011 | 37 | #3,045 |
| 2010 | 32 | #3,376 |
| 2009 | 45 | #2,701 |
| 2008 | 55 | #2,344 |
| 2007 | 66 | #2,071 |
| 2006 | 60 | #2,149 |
| 2005 | 79 | #1,688 |
| 2004 | 82 | #1,590 |
| 2003 | 65 | #1,812 |
| 2002 | 70 | #1,679 |
| 2001 | 82 | #1,477 |
| 2000 | 77 | #1,548 |
| 1999 | 96 | #1,274 |
| 1998 | 91 | #1,298 |
| 1997 | 115 | #1,093 |
| 1996 | 144 | #910 |
| 1995 | 136 | #950 |
| 1994 | 150 | #880 |
| 1993 | 149 | #869 |
| 1992 | 146 | #870 |
| 1991 | 183 | #752 |
| 1990 | 214 | #691 |
| 1989 | 174 | #746 |
| 1988 | 199 | #671 |
| 1987 | 216 | #618 |
| 1986 | 241 | #571 |
| 1985 | 262 | #542 |
| 1984 | 261 | #533 |
| 1983 | 306 | #484 |
| 1982 | 337 | #462 |
| 1981 | 277 | #505 |
| 1980 | 292 | #496 |
| 1979 | 306 | #470 |
| 1978 | 346 | #425 |
| 1977 | 311 | #453 |
| 1976 | 277 | #474 |
| 1975 | 283 | #475 |
| 1974 | 310 | #454 |
| 1973 | 283 | #465 |
| 1972 | 242 | #507 |
| 1971 | 233 | #527 |
| 1970 | 190 | #588 |
| 1969 | 189 | #570 |
| 1968 | 168 | #588 |
| 1967 | 185 | #547 |
| 1966 | 200 | #539 |
| 1965 | 183 | #564 |
| 1964 | 221 | #525 |
| 1963 | 288 | #464 |
| 1962 | 293 | #466 |
| 1961 | 299 | #470 |
| 1960 | 289 | #467 |
| 1959 | 228 | #520 |
| 1958 | 254 | #489 |
| 1957 | 272 | #468 |
| 1956 | 270 | #458 |
| 1955 | 267 | #454 |
| 1954 | 245 | #463 |
| 1953 | 238 | #462 |
| 1952 | 248 | #448 |
| 1951 | 232 | #442 |
| 1950 | 193 | #480 |
| 1949 | 235 | #435 |
| 1948 | 222 | #446 |
| 1947 | 261 | #422 |
| 1946 | 220 | #429 |
| 1945 | 167 | #459 |
| 1944 | 180 | #450 |
| 1943 | 190 | #456 |
| 1942 | 190 | #449 |
| 1941 | 163 | #464 |
| 1940 | 170 | #443 |
| 1939 | 165 | #445 |
| 1938 | 151 | #472 |
| 1937 | 156 | #448 |
| 1936 | 158 | #447 |
| 1935 | 167 | #435 |
| 1934 | 166 | #437 |
| 1933 | 178 | #405 |
| 1932 | 194 | #404 |
| 1931 | 157 | #447 |
| 1930 | 207 | #405 |
| 1929 | 224 | #384 |
| 1928 | 198 | #422 |
| 1927 | 268 | #357 |
| 1926 | 239 | #378 |
| 1925 | 269 | #360 |
| 1924 | 261 | #374 |
| 1923 | 275 | #358 |
| 1922 | 248 | #381 |
| 1921 | 338 | #317 |
| 1920 | 333 | #316 |
| 1919 | 355 | #282 |
| 1918 | 387 | #271 |
| 1917 | 352 | #272 |
| 1916 | 485 | #220 |
| 1915 | 577 | #193 |
| 1914 | 258 | #271 |
| 1913 | 180 | #295 |
| 1912 | 171 | #268 |
| 1911 | 106 | #250 |
| 1910 | 103 | #229 |
| 1909 | 87 | #235 |
| 1908 | 88 | #219 |
| 1907 | 88 | #215 |
| 1906 | 67 | #237 |
| 1905 | 85 | #205 |
| 1904 | 102 | #177 |
| 1903 | 81 | #195 |
| 1902 | 86 | #193 |
| 1901 | 85 | #175 |
| 1900 | 128 | #163 |
| 1899 | 86 | #169 |
| 1898 | 108 | #158 |
| 1897 | 110 | #146 |
| 1896 | 87 | #186 |
| 1895 | 102 | #151 |
| 1894 | 104 | #147 |
| 1893 | 107 | #139 |
| 1892 | 108 | #148 |
| 1891 | 87 | #149 |
| 1890 | 114 | #127 |
| 1889 | 121 | #116 |
| 1888 | 132 | #122 |
| 1887 | 124 | #109 |
| 1886 | 140 | #111 |
| 1885 | 119 | #114 |
| 1884 | 124 | #116 |
| 1883 | 112 | #115 |
| 1882 | 122 | #118 |
| 1881 | 85 | #147 |
| 1880 | 103 | #126 |
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