Jess
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Jess
This short form of Jesse has an androgynous, cowperson feel. It's Jess rather than Jesse or Jessie that can be considered among the truly androgynous baby names
Jess for girls#9747 US
Many variations of Jessica, including Jessie and Jessa, are used on their own, but Jess is an exception, given to only a handful of baby girls last year. But Jess is certainly the name that many Jessicas are called.
Pronounced JES.
As of October 2026, Jess ranked #5299 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #109 in 1887.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #3,416 | 32 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #3,271 | 35 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #3,638 | 30 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #4,528 | 22 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #3,411 | 33 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #4,402 | 23 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #4,480 | 22 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #4,161 | 25 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #4,268 | 25 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #4,616 | 22 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
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Jess on lists
Famous Jesss
- Jess WillardBoy
American boxer
- Jess HarnellBoy
American voice actor
- Jessica "Jess" WeixlerGirl
American actress
- (Mary) Jess WaltonGirl
American actress
- Jessica Hannah "Jess" GlynneGirl
English singer,songwriter
- Jess KleinGirl
American singer,songwriter
- Christina K. "Jess" HartleyGirl
American novelist
- Jess Lee (Kar Wei)Girl
Malaysian singer
- Jess von der AheGirl
American artist
- Jessica Jean "Jess" (Schafer) SkubeGirl
American family vlogger known as "Jesssfam"
- Jessica "Jess" Stout aka AphmauGirl
American YouTuber
- Jessica "Jess" Bauer ConteGirl
YouTuber
Jess in pop culture
- Jess MarianoBoy
character on TV's "Gilmore Girls"
- Jessica "Jess" DayGirl
Zooey Deschanel's character on TV's "New Girl"
- Jesminder "Jess" BhamraGirl
character in film "Bend It Like Beckham"
- Jess SquirrelGirl
character in the Redwall novels by Brian Jacques
- Jessica "Jess" WarnerGirl
character in the Australian soap opera Wentworth
- Jessica "Jess" DelaneyGirl
character in "The Mother,Daughter Book Club" by Heather Vogel Frederick
- Jess Akiko McConnellGirl
2006 American Girl of the Year doll
- Jessica "Jess" MooreGirl
character from CW's "Supernatural"
- Jess FletcherGirl
Jack's sister from the series "Young Samurai," by Chris Bradford