Jess Name Popularity

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How popular is Jess?

In 2018 the rare name Jess, ranked the 3,395th Most Popular Boys Name in the United States.

This once, top 1000 name, Jess is currently less popular.

Its highest popularity RANKING of #109 was reached in 1887.

But, the greatest number of babies were given the name in 1915 with 577 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Jess was 22 in 2017.

Jess, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1908-1915, 1944-1947, 1970-1973, and 1975-1978, whereas 1919-1922, 1927-1931, 1994-1998, 2005-2010, and 2014-2017 were years of successive downward movement.

For a number of years, the name Jess has steadily decreased in popularity. however, the number of children named Jess lately has risen.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Jess?

Jess's popularity is at a very low point when measured against its most notable year.

The name Jess is very unique but has recently started to rise upward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Jess has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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		Jess (Girl)		Jess (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		< 5	--	33	3,395
2017		5	16,944	22	4,520
2016		< 5	--	30	3,631
2015		< 5	--	34	3,317
2014		5	17,673	32	3,409
2013		7	13,792	28	3,699
2012		< 5	--	33	3,324
2011		5	17,993	37	3,074
2010		< 5	--	32	3,407
2009		< 5	--	45	2,721
2008		10	11,153	55	2,359
2007		15	8,281	66	2,077
2006		10	10,959	60	2,157
2005		8	12,337	79	1,697
2004		9	11,103	82	1,598
2003		6	14,663	65	1,825
2002		13	8,021	70	1,687
2001		10	9,694	82	1,488
2000		12	8,245	77	1,558
1999		< 5	--	96	1,278
1998		13	7,300	91	1,305
1997		8	10,215	115	1,104
1996		13	6,898	144	912
1995		6	12,429	136	954
1994		6	12,455	150	883
1993		12	7,216	149	873
1992		6	12,411	146	873
1991		16	5,773	183	756
1990		9	8,793	214	694
1989		10	7,676	174	749
1988		9	7,973	199	670
1987		6	10,408	216	619
1986		7	8,929	241	573
1985		8	7,866	262	541
1984		9	7,019	261	532
1983		9	6,943	306	484
1982		6	9,693	337	462
1981		< 5	--	277	505
1980		< 5	--	292	496
1979		10	6,386	306	470
1978		10	6,126	347	425
1977		< 5	--	311	454
1976		6	8,554	277	475
1975		< 5	--	284	475
1974		6	8,095	309	456
1973		< 5	--	283	465
1972		< 5	--	242	507
1971		< 5	--	233	527
1970		< 5	--	190	590
1969		< 5	--	190	569
1968		< 5	--	167	589
1967		< 5	--	185	547
1966		< 5	--	200	540
1965		5	6,927	183	564
1964		< 5	--	222	525
1963		< 5	--	287	464
1962		< 5	--	293	465
1961		< 5	--	299	472
1960		< 5	--	288	468
1959		< 5	--	228	519
1958		< 5	--	254	490
1957		< 5	--	270	472
1956		5	6,354	270	459
1955		< 5	--	267	454
1954		< 5	--	245	463
1953		< 5	--	237	463
1952		< 5	--	249	449
1951		< 5	--	232	443
1950		< 5	--	193	481
1949		< 5	--	235	436
1948		< 5	--	222	446
1947		< 5	--	261	423
1946		< 5	--	220	429
1945		< 5	--	167	461
1944		< 5	--	180	452
1943		5	4,982	190	457
1942		< 5	--	190	450
1941		< 5	--	163	464
1940		< 5	--	170	445
1939		< 5	--	165	445
1938		< 5	--	151	472
1937		< 5	--	156	450
1936		< 5	--	158	447
1935		< 5	--	167	439
1934		< 5	--	166	439
1933		< 5	--	177	406
1932		< 5	--	195	404
1931		< 5	--	156	449
1930		< 5	--	208	404
1929		< 5	--	224	385
1928		5	5,052	198	422
1927		5	5,191	268	356
1926		< 5	--	239	378
1925		5	5,366	268	361
1924		< 5	--	262	373
1923		< 5	--	275	358
1922		7	4,222	248	381
1921		5	5,494	338	317
1920		9	3,459	333	317
1919		12	2,723	355	283
1918		< 5	--	387	271
1917		< 5	--	352	273
1916		8	3,404	485	220
1915		7	3,610	577	193
1914		< 5	--	258	271
1913		< 5	--	180	296
1912		< 5	--	171	269
1911		5	2,662	106	250
1910		< 5	--	103	231
1909		< 5	--	87	236
1908		< 5	--	88	220
1907		< 5	--	88	216
1906		< 5	--	67	238
1905		< 5	--	85	208
1904		< 5	--	102	179
1903		< 5	--	81	195
1902		6	1,698	86	193
1901		< 5	--	85	175
1900		6	1,828	128	164
1899		5	1,721	86	170
1898		< 5	--	108	158
1897		6	1,461	110	146
1896		< 5	--	87	189
1895		< 5	--	102	153
1894		< 5	--	104	147
1893		< 5	--	107	140
1892		< 5	--	108	148
1891		7	1,150	87	151
1890		5	1,419	114	128
1889		< 5	--	121	116
1888		6	1,207	132	122
1887		< 5	--	124	109
1886		< 5	--	140	111
1885		5	1,118	119	115
1884		5	1,088	124	116
1883		< 5	--	112	116
1882		< 5	--	122	118
1881		< 5	--	85	147
1880		< 5	--	103	128

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.