Jess
3
Babies in 2024
-79%
10-year change
2005
Peak · 37
—
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Jess
Jess peaked among UK girls' names in the late 2000s (37 babies in 2005) and has remained in active use — 3 girls were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Jess reached its peak in 2005, when 37 girls were registered in England & Wales — ranked #769 for UK girls that year. Today's count of 3 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 28 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 493 girls have been officially registered with the name Jess in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 93 girls were registered with the name, starting from 14 in 2014 and ending at 3 in 2024.