Baby name

Jess

Boy

Classic name

The high point came in 1915, with 577 births and the No. 193 spot that year. Few fads, plenty of staying power: it appears in 146 years out of 146. Latest ranking, 2025: No. 5207.

25,063births since 1880

1910sgeneration

No. 193rank at its peak, in 1915

Where babies named Jess are born

1915

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The darker the blue, the more common Jess is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Jess is most common in Oklahoma (5 times), Colorado (2.3) and California (2.3), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Jesse 432,428
Jesus 244,281
Jessy 4,670
Jens 2,456
Jessi 1,321

Names from the same era

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