The baby name Jess appears in baby name data for the United States from 1910 to 2017. It was most popular in 1915 with 653 babies given the name.
In the later years of this period, Jess has become less common than it once was.
| Year | Count |
|---|---|
| 1910 | 60 |
| 1911 | 63 |
| 1912 | 119 |
| 1913 | 150 |
| 1914 | 220 |
| 1915 | 653 |
| 1916 | 541 |
| 1917 | 421 |
| 1918 | 450 |
| 1919 | 406 |
| 1920 | 361 |
| 1921 | 393 |
| 1922 | 245 |
| 1923 | 266 |
| 1924 | 237 |
| 1925 | 237 |
| 1926 | 200 |
| 1927 | 226 |
| 1928 | 146 |
| 1929 | 160 |
| 1930 | 148 |
| 1931 | 101 |
| 1932 | 115 |
| 1933 | 97 |
| 1934 | 77 |
| 1935 | 86 |
| 1936 | 100 |
| 1937 | 110 |
| 1938 | 95 |
| 1939 | 103 |
| 1940 | 113 |
| 1941 | 94 |
| 1942 | 123 |
| 1943 | 140 |
| 1944 | 107 |
| 1945 | 93 |
| 1946 | 134 |
| 1947 | 190 |
| 1948 | 142 |
| 1949 | 145 |
| 1950 | 86 |
| 1951 | 115 |
| 1952 | 185 |
| 1953 | 151 |
| 1954 | 167 |
| 1955 | 196 |
| 1956 | 210 |
| 1957 | 261 |
| 1958 | 175 |
| 1959 | 137 |
| 1960 | 199 |
| 1961 | 196 |
| 1962 | 252 |
| 1963 | 214 |
| 1964 | 139 |
| 1965 | 77 |
| 1966 | 120 |
| 1967 | 77 |
| 1968 | 109 |
| 1969 | 58 |
| 1970 | 114 |
| 1971 | 174 |
| 1972 | 165 |
| 1973 | 201 |
| 1974 | 241 |
| 1975 | 236 |
| 1976 | 230 |
| 1977 | 248 |
| 1978 | 319 |
| 1979 | 294 |
| 1980 | 258 |
| 1981 | 258 |
| 1982 | 294 |
| 1983 | 259 |
| 1984 | 193 |
| 1985 | 226 |
| 1986 | 162 |
| 1987 | 140 |
| 1988 | 154 |
| 1989 | 95 |
| 1990 | 118 |
| 1991 | 95 |
| 1992 | 54 |
| 1993 | 76 |
| 1994 | 58 |
| 1995 | 64 |
| 1996 | 5 |
| 1996 | 58 |
| 1997 | 49 |
| 1998 | 23 |
| 1999 | 26 |
| 2000 | 18 |
| 2001 | 16 |
| 2004 | 11 |
| 2005 | 17 |
| 2006 | 10 |
| 2007 | 12 |
| 2008 | 10 |
| 2014 | 10 |
| 2017 | 5 |