Jess

Girl name

Jess ranks #2,705 out of 11,202 cat names in our data (the #1 cat name is Luna). Across all 3 places, 2 licensed cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #7,474 for dogs.

Share of cats named Jess, by year

Jess's slice of each year's named cats. Shares, not raw counts, so a changing licensed population can't fake a trend.

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Year	Share
2017	0.004%
2015	0.004%
2013	0.004%
2012	0.008%

Licensed cats in our data

across 3 places

Popularity rank

#2,705

of 11,202 names in our data

5-year rank move

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2014 → 2019

Gender lean

88% female

of 16 shelter cats

Gender lean is from named cats in US shelters — most license records don't publish a cat's gender, so shelters are the one place our data can measure it.

Where Jess shows up

Licensed cats named Jess per place, against that place's counted total. The basis column says what each number means.

Place	Share	Basis
Darwin NT, AU	0.13%	current licenses
Surf Coast Shire VIC, AU	0.13%	current licenses

Cat names like Jess

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