Jess
18
Peak · 1999
2012
Last seen
16
Years on list
153
Total babies
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 is a historical UK boy's name no longer in active use. The most recent year it appeared on the ONS list for England & Wales was 2012.
Jess reached its peak in 1999, when 18 boys were registered in England & Wales — ranked #869 for UK boys that year. Since then, registrations have dropped below the ONS reporting threshold of three babies per year.
Across 16 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 153 boys have been officially registered with the name Jess in England & Wales. It has not appeared on the published list since 2012.