What is Jess short for?
Jess is short for Jesse and Jessica. In 2025, 18 boys and 10 girls in the United States were given Jess as their full name, with nothing longer behind it, according to Social Security records.
The names behind Jess
Each count is the number of children given that name in the United States in 2025, from US Social Security records. A name given to fewer than five children in a year is left out of the published file.
Jesse Hebrew origin
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Jess from Jesse: the standard short form, shared with Jessica.
72 girls and 2,002 boys named Jesse in 2025