Jes

Boys' name

Yahweh is gracious, through Jens

Jes has been given to 126 babies in the U.S. since 1958. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1975, with 13 recorded.

Babies named Jes, 2005

1 in 769,000

Jes over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Jes: meaning, origin, and history

Yahweh is gracious, through Jens

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Jes means

Jes belongs to the name family reached through Jes → Jens → John → John. Its meaning is “Yahweh is gracious”.

Origin, language, and formation

Jes is used in Danish.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Jens and John.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 126 boys were recorded with the name Jes between 1958 and 2005. Its highest annual count was 13 in 1975; its best national rank was #2,985 in 1975.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Jes?

Jes had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2005, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2005: 1 in 769,000; 5 of 3,844,258 births
Among boys only: 1 in 399,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2005: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 532,928 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Jes sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2005 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 532,928 children born in 2005 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jes. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Jess were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Jes was born before 1986 — so the typical Jes is around 39 today.

Median birth year: 1986; About 39 years old
Biggest decade: 1970s; 33.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 58.7%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 126; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1970s — 33.3% of all recorded uses (42).

Is Jes rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1975 (13)
Years since peak: 50; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 26.4% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,985; 1975

Jes by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #2,985; 1975
Peak year: 1975; 13 that year
First recorded: 1958
Last recorded: 2005
All-time count: 126
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Jes

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Jese Jesiel Jesai Jesua Jesper Jesi Jessen Jeson Jessup Jesson Jeshurun Jessi Jesaiah Jesu Jesee Jesten Jessiel Jester Jessey Jesie Jesean Jesses Jesy Jesko

Sibling names for Jes

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Cary Karie Brandee Sunshine Kisha Ami Susannah Misti

For a brother

Giuseppe Abdul Demond Andrea Chadwick Torrey Federico Erin

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