Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Jess

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Jess
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 96.2% from peak

Peak era

1915

Peak rank proxy

577

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19152024

Peak year

1915

Decline from peak

96.2%

2024

All-time

25,045

Jess once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1915, when 577 boys were named Jess.

In 2024, only 22 boys were given the name.

Down 96.2% from its peak.

All told, about 25,045 Americans have been named Jess and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 96.2% from peak

1915577 boys named Jess

202422 boys named Jess

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