Jess
#730 most common boys' name of all time · #1,640 across all names · 98% male / 2% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among boys
#730
Rank overall
#1,640 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
25,550
Since 2016
295
Peak year
1915 #193
Best rank
#109 1887
Girls
Boys
peak 584/yr
Jess is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | 18 | 28 | #5,209 |
| 2024 | 7 | 22 | 29 | #4,573 |
| 2023 | 10 | 25 | 35 | #4,222 |
| 2022 | 8 | 17 | 25 | #5,446 |
| 2021 | 6 | 25 | 31 | #4,119 |
| 2020 | 5 | 22 | 27 | #4,426 |
| 2019 | 7 | 23 | 30 | #4,339 |
| 2018 | — | 33 | 33 | #3,373 |
| 2017 | 5 | 22 | 27 | #4,467 |
| 2016 | — | 30 | 30 | #3,597 |
| 2015 | — | 35 | 35 | #3,231 |
| 2014 | 5 | 32 | 37 | #3,371 |
| 2013 | 7 | 28 | 35 | #3,661 |
| 2012 | — | 33 | 33 | #3,297 |
| 2011 | 5 | 37 | 42 | #3,046 |
| 2010 | — | 32 | 32 | #3,377 |
| 2009 | — | 45 | 45 | #2,702 |
| 2008 | 10 | 55 | 65 | #2,345 |
| 2007 | 15 | 66 | 81 | #2,072 |
| 2006 | 10 | 60 | 70 | #2,150 |
| 2005 | 8 | 79 | 87 | #1,691 |
| 2004 | 9 | 82 | 91 | #1,593 |
| 2003 | 6 | 65 | 71 | #1,815 |
| 2002 | 13 | 70 | 83 | #1,684 |
| 2001 | 10 | 82 | 92 | #1,482 |
| 2000 | 12 | 77 | 89 | #1,552 |
| 1999 | — | 96 | 96 | #1,277 |
| 1998 | 13 | 91 | 104 | #1,303 |
| 1997 | 8 | 115 | 123 | #1,097 |
| 1996 | 13 | 144 | 157 | #912 |
| 1995 | 6 | 136 | 142 | #953 |
| 1994 | 6 | 150 | 156 | #883 |
| 1993 | 12 | 149 | 161 | #871 |
| 1992 | 6 | 146 | 152 | #873 |
| 1991 | 16 | 183 | 199 | #756 |
| 1990 | 9 | 214 | 223 | #695 |
| 1989 | 10 | 174 | 184 | #749 |
| 1988 | 9 | 199 | 208 | #671 |
| 1987 | 6 | 216 | 222 | #619 |
| 1986 | 7 | 241 | 248 | #572 |
| 1985 | 8 | 262 | 270 | #542 |
| 1984 | 9 | 261 | 270 | #533 |
| 1983 | 9 | 306 | 315 | #484 |
| 1982 | 6 | 337 | 343 | #462 |
| 1981 | — | 277 | 277 | #505 |
| 1980 | — | 292 | 292 | #496 |
| 1979 | 10 | 306 | 316 | #470 |
| 1978 | 10 | 346 | 356 | #425 |
| 1977 | — | 311 | 311 | #454 |
| 1976 | 6 | 277 | 283 | #474 |
| 1975 | — | 283 | 283 | #475 |
| 1974 | 6 | 310 | 316 | #454 |
| 1973 | — | 283 | 283 | #465 |
| 1972 | — | 242 | 242 | #507 |
| 1971 | — | 233 | 233 | #527 |
| 1970 | — | 190 | 190 | #588 |
| 1969 | — | 189 | 189 | #570 |
| 1968 | — | 168 | 168 | #588 |
| 1967 | — | 185 | 185 | #547 |
| 1966 | — | 200 | 200 | #539 |
| 1965 | 5 | 183 | 188 | #564 |
| 1964 | — | 221 | 221 | #525 |
| 1963 | — | 288 | 288 | #464 |
| 1962 | — | 293 | 293 | #466 |
| 1961 | — | 299 | 299 | #470 |
| 1960 | — | 289 | 289 | #467 |
| 1959 | — | 228 | 228 | #520 |
| 1958 | — | 254 | 254 | #490 |
| 1957 | — | 272 | 272 | #469 |
| 1956 | 5 | 270 | 275 | #459 |
| 1955 | — | 267 | 267 | #456 |
| 1954 | — | 245 | 245 | #464 |
| 1953 | — | 238 | 238 | #463 |
| 1952 | — | 248 | 248 | #449 |
| 1951 | — | 232 | 232 | #443 |
| 1950 | — | 193 | 193 | #481 |
| 1949 | — | 235 | 235 | #436 |
| 1948 | — | 222 | 222 | #446 |
| 1947 | — | 261 | 261 | #422 |
| 1946 | — | 220 | 220 | #429 |
| 1945 | — | 167 | 167 | #459 |
| 1944 | — | 180 | 180 | #450 |
| 1943 | 5 | 190 | 195 | #456 |
| 1942 | — | 190 | 190 | #450 |
| 1941 | — | 163 | 163 | #465 |
| 1940 | — | 170 | 170 | #443 |
| 1939 | — | 165 | 165 | #445 |
| 1938 | — | 151 | 151 | #472 |
| 1937 | — | 156 | 156 | #449 |
| 1936 | — | 158 | 158 | #447 |
| 1935 | — | 167 | 167 | #436 |
| 1934 | — | 166 | 166 | #437 |
| 1933 | — | 178 | 178 | #405 |
| 1932 | — | 194 | 194 | #404 |
| 1931 | — | 157 | 157 | #447 |
| 1930 | — | 207 | 207 | #405 |
| 1929 | — | 224 | 224 | #385 |
| 1928 | 5 | 198 | 203 | #422 |
| 1927 | 5 | 268 | 273 | #357 |
| 1926 | — | 239 | 239 | #378 |
| 1925 | 5 | 269 | 274 | #360 |
| 1924 | — | 261 | 261 | #374 |
| 1923 | — | 275 | 275 | #358 |
| 1922 | 7 | 248 | 255 | #381 |
| 1921 | 5 | 338 | 343 | #317 |
| 1920 | 9 | 333 | 342 | #316 |
| 1919 | 12 | 355 | 367 | #283 |
| 1918 | — | 387 | 387 | #271 |
| 1917 | — | 352 | 352 | #272 |
| 1916 | 8 | 485 | 493 | #221 |
| 1915 | 7 | 577 | 584 | #193 |
| 1914 | — | 258 | 258 | #272 |
| 1913 | — | 180 | 180 | #295 |
| 1912 | — | 171 | 171 | #268 |
| 1911 | 5 | 106 | 111 | #250 |
| 1910 | — | 103 | 103 | #229 |
| 1909 | — | 87 | 87 | #235 |
| 1908 | — | 88 | 88 | #219 |
| 1907 | — | 88 | 88 | #215 |
| 1906 | — | 67 | 67 | #237 |
| 1905 | — | 85 | 85 | #205 |
| 1904 | — | 102 | 102 | #178 |
| 1903 | — | 81 | 81 | #195 |
| 1902 | 6 | 86 | 92 | #193 |
| 1901 | — | 85 | 85 | #175 |
| 1900 | 6 | 128 | 134 | #164 |
| 1899 | 5 | 86 | 91 | #170 |
| 1898 | — | 108 | 108 | #158 |
| 1897 | 6 | 110 | 116 | #146 |
| 1896 | — | 87 | 87 | #186 |
| 1895 | — | 102 | 102 | #152 |
| 1894 | — | 104 | 104 | #147 |
| 1893 | — | 107 | 107 | #139 |
| 1892 | — | 108 | 108 | #148 |
| 1891 | 7 | 87 | 94 | #150 |
| 1890 | 5 | 114 | 119 | #129 |
| 1889 | — | 121 | 121 | #117 |
| 1888 | 6 | 132 | 138 | #122 |
| 1887 | — | 124 | 124 | #109 |
| 1886 | — | 140 | 140 | #111 |
| 1885 | 5 | 119 | 124 | #115 |
| 1884 | 5 | 124 | 129 | #116 |
| 1883 | — | 112 | 112 | #116 |
| 1882 | — | 122 | 122 | #119 |
| 1881 | — | 85 | 85 | #147 |
| 1880 | — | 103 | 103 | #128 |