How popular is “Jess” in the USA?

Number of people named “Jess” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Jess” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Jess” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Jess” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Jess” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Jess” by birth year

This chart shows how “Jess” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year	Count	Proportion	Females	Males	Bias toward female
1880	103	0.000511207		103	-100%
1881	85	0.000441128		85	-100%
1882	122	0.000550708		122	-100%
1883	112	0.000516257		112	-100%
1884	129	0.000529859	5	124	-92%
1885	124	0.000514835	5	119	-92%
1886	140	0.00054834		140	-100%
1887	124	0.000501229		124	-100%
1888	138	0.000460808	6	132	-91%
1889	121	0.000418763		121	-100%
1890	119	0.000394823	5	114	-92%
1891	94	0.0003279	7	87	-85%
1892	108	0.000322992		108	-100%
1893	107	0.000329005		107	-100%
1894	104	0.000307065		104	-100%
1895	102	0.000290582		102	-100%
1896	87	0.000243368		87	-100%
1897	116	0.000334335	6	110	-90%
1898	108	0.000283126		108	-100%
1899	91	0.000268251	5	86	-89%
1900	134	0.000297607	6	128	-91%
1901	85	0.000245798		85	-100%
1902	92	0.00023789	6	86	-87%
1903	81	0.000212487		81	-100%
1904	102	0.000252798		102	-100%
1905	85	0.000200509		85	-100%
1906	67	0.000156377		67	-100%
1907	88	0.000189089		88	-100%
1908	88	0.000180088		88	-100%
1909	87	0.00017018		87	-100%
1910	103	0.000174366		103	-100%
1911	111	0.000172286	5	106	-91%
1912	171	0.000173066		171	-100%
1913	180	0.000158296		180	-100%
1914	258	0.000182159		258	-100%
1915	584	0.000318703	7	577	-98%
1916	493	0.000254857	8	485	-97%
1917	352	0.000175408		352	-100%
1918	387	0.00017825		387	-100%
1919	367	0.000173913	12	355	-93%
1920	342	0.000151151	9	333	-95%
1921	343	0.000146926	5	338	-97%
1922	255	0.000111395	7	248	-95%
1923	275	0.000119436		275	-100%
1924	261	0.00010959		261	-100%
1925	274	0.00011743	5	269	-96%
1926	239	0.000104098		239	-100%
1927	273	0.000117705	5	268	-96%
1928	203	0.000089786	5	198	-95%
1929	224	0.000102182		224	-100%
1930	207	0.000093105		207	-100%
1931	157	0.000074606		157	-100%
1932	194	0.000091887		194	-100%
1933	178	0.000089025		178	-100%
1934	166	0.00007993		166	-100%
1935	167	0.000079908		167	-100%
1936	158	0.00007605		158	-100%
1937	156	0.000073216		156	-100%
1938	151	0.000068246		151	-100%
1939	165	0.000074883		165	-100%
1940	170	0.000073827		170	-100%
1941	163	0.000066901		163	-100%
1942	190	0.000069551		190	-100%
1943	195	0.000069086	5	190	-95%
1944	180	0.000066913		180	-100%
1945	167	0.00006295		167	-100%
1946	220	0.000068851		220	-100%
1947	261	0.000072453		261	-100%
1948	222	0.000064301		222	-100%
1949	235	0.000067436		235	-100%
1950	193	0.00005509		193	-100%
1951	232	0.000062979		232	-100%
1952	248	0.000065297		248	-100%
1953	238	0.00006176		238	-100%
1954	245	0.000061547		245	-100%
1955	267	0.000066499		267	-100%
1956	275	0.000066698	5	270	-96%
1957	272	0.000064729		272	-100%
1958	254	0.000061443		254	-100%
1959	228	0.000054834		228	-100%
1960	289	0.000069575		289	-100%
1961	299	0.000072182		299	-100%
1962	293	0.000072608		293	-100%
1963	288	0.00007276		288	-100%
1964	221	0.000056847		221	-100%
1965	188	0.000051856	5	183	-95%
1966	200	0.000057543		200	-100%
1967	185	0.000054494		185	-100%
1968	167	0.000049431		167	-100%
1969	190	0.000054671		190	-100%
1970	190	0.000052682		190	-100%
1971	233	0.000067883		233	-100%
1972	242	0.000076997		242	-100%
1973	283	0.000093805		283	-100%
1974	316	0.000103947	6	310	-96%
1975	283	0.000093727		283	-100%
1976	283	0.000093267	6	277	-96%
1977	311	0.000097907		311	-100%
1978	356	0.000112166	10	346	-94%
1979	316	0.00009498	10	306	-94%
1980	292	0.000084773		292	-100%
1981	277	0.000080072		277	-100%
1982	343	0.000097778	6	337	-97%
1983	315	0.000090953	9	306	-94%
1984	270	0.000077392	9	261	-93%
1985	270	0.000075649	8	262	-94%
1986	248	0.00006972	7	241	-94%
1987	222	0.000061571	6	216	-95%
1988	208	0.000056292	9	199	-91%
1989	184	0.000047861	10	174	-89%
1990	223	0.00005642	9	214	-92%
1991	199	0.000051088	16	183	-84%
1992	152	0.00003957	6	146	-92%
1993	161	0.000042702	12	149	-85%
1994	156	0.000041962	6	150	-92%
1995	142	0.000038775	6	136	-92%
1996	157	0.000043047	13	144	-83%
1997	123	0.000033924	8	115	-87%
1998	104	0.000028275	13	91	-75%
1999	96	0.000025989		96	-100%
2000	89	0.000023546	12	77	-73%
2001	92	0.000024577	10	82	-78%
2002	83	0.000022203	13	70	-69%
2003	71	0.000018673	6	65	-83%
2004	91	0.000023816	9	82	-80%
2005	87	0.000022628	8	79	-82%
2006	70	0.000017694	10	60	-71%
2007	81	0.000020262	15	66	-63%
2008	65	0.000016537	10	55	-69%
2009	45	0.00001178		45	-100%
2010	32	0.000008659		32	-100%
2011	42	0.000011482	5	37	-76%
2012	33	0.000009023		33	-100%
2013	35	0.0000096	7	28	-60%
2014	37	0.000009983	5	32	-73%
2015	35	0.000009457		35	-100%
2016	30	0.000008177		30	-100%
2017	27	0.00000755	5	22	-63%
2018	33	0.000009386		33	-100%
2019	30	0.000008643	7	23	-53%
2020	27	0.000008082	5	22	-63%
2021	31	0.00000915	6	25	-61%
2022	25	0.00000739	8	17	-36%
2023	35	0.00001057	10	25	-43%
2024	29	0.000008713	7	22	-52%

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