Jess

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Primarily a girl's name · Unisex โ€” 74% girls / 26% boys

Jess first appears in the data in 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2005 with 37 babies (rank #778 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Jess

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Jess yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

598
Total babies (all years)
21
Years in the data
37
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
199624#898
199714#1,322
199815#1,284
199916#1,237
200021#1,010
200118#1,142
200214#1,400
200329#886
200432#852
200537#778
200629#987
200736#868
200829#1,041
200917#1,623
201022#1,404
201114#1,954
201217#1,760
201316#1,811
201414#2,013
201515#1,911
201616#1,872