Jess
How many real pets are named Jess, which animals and breeds have it, and where.
How popular is Jess as a pet name?
■ dogs ■ cats ■ other animals
In the public pet records we track, 44 pets are named Jess: 36 dogs, 8 cats. Where sex was recorded, 86% are female and 14% male. It ranks #1,892 among dog names and #1,379 among cat names.
Breeds most often named Jess
Dogs
Cats
Breeds as recorded on licenses and shelter records; mixes are grouped under their main breed.
Where pets are named Jess
- New York City: 16licensed
- Austin shelter: 15shelter
- Burnside (SA): 10licensed
- Prospect (SA): 1licensed
- Richmond, VA: 1licensed
- Sonoma County shelter: 1shelter
Jess as a human name
This is the meaning of Jess as a person's given name, not a pet-specific meaning.
A diminutive of the male given name Jesse.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Names similar to Jess
Dog names about as popular as Jess
Jess FAQ
How many pets are named Jess?
In the public pet records we track, 44 pets are named Jess: 36 dogs, 8 cats. Where sex was recorded, 86% are female and 14% male. It ranks #1,892 among dog names and #1,379 among cat names.
What breed is most often named Jess?
Among dogs named Jess in these records, the most common breed is Pit Bull.
Counts come from public open data: NYC Dog Licensing Dataset (NYC Open Data); Burnside Dog Registrations (CC BY 3.0 AU); City of Prospect Dog Registrations (CC BY 3.0 AU); Pet Licenses, City of Richmond; Animal Shelter Intake and Outcome, County of Sonoma; Austin Animal Center Outcomes (public domain). License records count registered pets; shelter records count animals that passed through a shelter (some names are given by staff). Pets that appear in several years of one dataset are counted once. Names are counted as written, so spelling variants are separate.