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Is Jess a Male or Female Name?

Jess is a unisex name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Jess globally is 59.0% males and 41.0% females. The country with the highest male ratio is St. Lucia with 100.0% and the country with the highest female ratio is Singapore with 93.7%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Jess in percentages: Globally: 59.0% males, 41.0% females, United States: 76.7% males, 23.3% females, United Kingdom: 39.6% males, 60.4% females, France: 16.3% males, 83.7% females, Spain: 86.2% males, 13.8% females, Australia: 99.2% males, 0.8% females, Canada: 68.8% males, 31.2% females, Malaysia: 29.1% males, 70.9% females, Mexico: 40.7% males, 59.3% females, Philippines: 91.3% males, 8.7% females, Belgium: 18.3% males, 81.7% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Jess are 35-44 years old, making up 25.3% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 18-24.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Jess in each age group: 18-24: 4.9%, 25-34: 24.1%, 35-44: 25.3%, 45-54: 17.3%, 55-64: 14.9%, 65+: 13.6%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Jess is Australia with 0.0847% of the population. Following is New Zealand and United Kingdom.

Historic Popularity

The historic popularity of the name Jess measured by the global proportion of people with the given name.

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Jess year over year: 1956: 0.0152‰, 1957: 0.0176‰, 1958: 0.016‰, 1959: 0.0178‰, 1960: 0.0151‰, 1961: 0.0171‰, 1962: 0.0144‰, 1963: 0.0162‰, 1964: 0.0153‰, 1965: 0.0176‰, 1966: 0.0177‰, 1967: 0.0155‰, 1968: 0.0169‰, 1969: 0.019‰, 1970: 0.0176‰, 1971: 0.0163‰, 1972: 0.0171‰, 1973: 0.0188‰, 1974: 0.0171‰, 1975: 0.0201‰, 1976: 0.0166‰, 1977: 0.02‰, 1978: 0.0215‰, 1979: 0.0243‰, 1980: 0.0206‰, 1981: 0.0253‰, 1982: 0.0324‰, 1983: 0.0315‰, 1984: 0.0296‰, 1985: 0.03‰, 1986: 0.0272‰, 1987: 0.0285‰, 1988: 0.0301‰, 1989: 0.0276‰, 1990: 0.0261‰, 1991: 0.0305‰, 1992: 0.0328‰, 1993: 0.0307‰, 1994: 0.0283‰, 1995: 0.0181‰, 1996: 0.0157‰, 1997: 0.0115‰, 1998: 0.0115‰, 1999: 0.0142‰, 2000: 0.0048‰, 2001: 0.0121‰

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