Jesus

#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births · #173 for boys in 2025, 2,078 births
Given to boys 98.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
2001 · 6,425 births
Debut · boys
18 births
In top 100 · boys
22 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
244,281
since 1880

Jesus over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201919peak #66, 2001boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#13,2086#1732,078
2024#1642,221
2023#13,4626#1722,113
2022#1662,259
2021#13,4646#1702,270
2020#1692,297
2019#15,5395#1552,541
2018#15,6825#1482,643
2017#14,1246#1442,749
2016#11,7818#1343,079
2015#10,14810#1293,182
2014#9,51711#1113,523
2013#7,74815#1073,674
2012#9,10912#1013,783
2011#12,1538#934,168
2010#8,70113#924,454
2009#10,67910#785,387
2008#5,75024#795,758
2007#7,09218#776,223
2006#6,12521#746,461
2005#4,95826#736,382
2004#3,89836#706,472
2003#3,47241#676,163
2002#3,39440#666,371
2001#3,78534#666,425
2000#4,07930#765,682
1999#3,04843#705,571
1998#2,57053#765,217
1997#3,71630#715,164
1996#3,30235#745,115
1995#2,45652#764,908
1994#2,38154#794,916
1993#2,12763#804,683
1992#2,15662#784,823
1991#2,32055#804,601
1990#2,17459#904,131
1989#2,25053#1033,291
1988#2,27449#1042,928
1987#2,78035#1042,790
1986#2,56438#1092,597
1985#2,22246#1082,687
1984#2,47038#1092,513
1983#2,23643#1082,511
1982#1,90056#1112,624
1981#2,26544#1082,759
1980#2,34241#1102,700
1979#2,47737#1122,364
1978#2,23741#1242,074
1977#2,38137#1322,044
1976#1,93646#1292,040
1975#1,85449#1341,924
1974#2,61628#1331,945
1973#2,12737#1421,739
1972#2,52328#1611,611
1971#3,37319#1701,583
1970#2,52229#1851,483
1969#3,31817#1911,403
1968#3,16917#1921,227
1967#3,34015#2031,141
1966#3,04017#2091,108
1965#4,20210#2291,014
1964#3,10817#2281,076
1963#3,80112#241995
1962#4,5339#2391,043
1961#3,06017#250973
1960#3,92011#262914
1959#2,76018#264918
1958#2,97216#264865
1957#3,48912#257856
1956#3,49312#249825
1955#4,3768#241841
1954#3,49011#245791
1953#2,69916#234843
1952#2,32720#234810
1951#2,81014#230821
1950#3,23511#235782
1949#2,41017#231784
1948#1,95324#220845
1947#3,24011#233757
1946#2,09420#226702
1945#2,14916#211662
1944#3,6877#242559
1943#3,4938#250560
1942#2,66612#246535
1941#2,19015#268449
1940#2,73710#255463
1939#1,94717#251459
1938#2,44712#249473
1937#1,73520#233509
1936#2,15314#240470
1935#2,09515#233500
1934#2,08715#223537
1933#1,97016#226514
1932#2,36513#202635
1931#1,54924#205630
1930#1,28934#186753
1929#1,33932#181767
1928#1,36632#184775
1927#1,58727#195727
1926#1,51429#197713
1925#1,37634#191722
1924#1,81123#208662
1923#1,38833#211606
1922#1,73024#234561
1921#1,92721#247517
1920#1,62626#238528
1919#2,26415#253439
1918#2,20916#281362
1917#1,99617#315289
1916#2,02816#320270
1915#2,52611#341242
1914#3,1886#327194
1913#2,1649#343145
1912#296146
1911#2,1916#29879
1910#2,1406#28573
1909#1,9576#26868
1908#25767
1907#2,0615#28654
1906#30944
1905#25459
1904#28844
1903#47020
1902#46021
1901#35327
1900#29749
1899#41520
1898#45220
1897#51515
1896#42421
1895#49117
1894#56713
1893#61511
1892#64111
1891#9635
1890#6679
1889#6739
1888#41620
1887#43815
1886#54012
1885#49814
1884#57011
1883#52712
1882#48914
1881#6538
1880#40318
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Jesus was already there! It came in at #403, and was given to 18 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1891, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 9 spots since 2024 (#164#173)
  • 4 spots since 2020 (#169#173)
  • 44 spots since 2015 (#129#173)
  • Biggest jump: 322 spots in 1892 (#963#641)
  • Biggest drop: 296 spots in 1891 (#667#963)
Rise & fade · boys
121 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2001 at #66 (6,425 births)
  • Births halved by 2015, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 22 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 22 yrs · run 1990–2011
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 302
  • Highest: 1 in 302 boys born in 2001 were named Jesus (0.33%)
  • Latest: 1 in 822 boys born in 2025 (0.12%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 25.1% of all boys named Jesus (61,324) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s133#403 (1880)#521
1890s142#415 (1899)#575
1900s453#254 (1905)#324
1910s2,239#253 (1919)#306
1920s6,578#181 (1929)#209
1930s5,480#186 (1930)#225
1940s6,316#211 (1945)#238
1950s8,352#230 (1951)#245
1960s10,894#191 (1969)#224
1970s18,807#112 (1979)#142
1980s27,400#103 (1989)#107
1990s49,129#70 (1999)#77
2000s61,324#66 (2001)#73
2010s33,796#92 (2010)#121
2020s13,238#164 (2024)#169

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Jesus in 1919

girls
#2,264
15 births · 1 in 75,341 girls
boys
#253
439 births · 1 in 2,233 boys

Top girls' names in 1919

  1. #1Mary65,836
  2. #2Helen33,706
  3. #3Dorothy31,733
  4. #4Margaret26,238
  5. #5Ruth24,562
  6. #6Mildred17,300
  7. #7Virginia15,636
  8. #8Elizabeth15,287
  9. #9Frances15,106
  10. #10Anna14,498
  11. #2,264Jesus15

Top boys' names in 1919

  1. #1John53,522
  2. #2William43,969
  3. #3James42,392
  4. #4Robert41,025
  5. #5Charles25,192
  6. #6George25,170
  7. #7Joseph24,266
  8. #8Edward18,536
  9. #9Frank15,701
  10. #10Thomas13,434
  11. #253Jesus439
More about 1919

girls

1,130,117 girls got a published name in 1919; 1 in 75,341 of them was named Jesus, which outranked 59.3% of the 5,559 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jesus
  1. #2,156Wessie16
  2. #2,156Wilhelmenia16
  3. #2,156Willette16
  4. #2,264Jesus15
  5. #2,264Adalene15
  6. #2,264Albertia15
  7. #2,264Alliene15
  8. #2,384Aldora14
  9. #2,384Aleatha14
  10. #2,384Almeter14

Tied with 119 names at #2,264; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1918
Risers
  1. 851Gregoria#1,805#954
  2. 443Concha#1,333#890
  3. 390Arlena#1,299#909
  4. 353Marina#1,255#902
  5. 333Roselle#1,333#1,000
Fallers
  1. 1,019Liberty#585#1,604
  2. 840Victory#809#1,649
  3. 567Karen#960#1,527
  4. 404Zena#989#1,393
  5. 359Malvina#989#1,348

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

980,122 boys got a published name in 1919; 1 in 2,233 of them was named Jesus, which outranked 94.7% of the 4,810 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jesus
  1. #250Norbert449
  2. #251Erwin443
  3. #252Louie442
  4. #253Jesus439
  5. #254Freddie437
  6. #255Reuben432
  7. #256Kermit431
Biggest movers since 1918
Risers
  1. 446Quinten#1,313#867
  2. 432Dempsey#1,012#580
  3. 341Winton#1,231#890
  4. 334Donnie#1,211#877
  5. 332Edsel#1,062#730
Fallers
  1. 2,008Foch#869#2,877
  2. 582Carmel#949#1,531
  3. 403Eligah#918#1,321
  4. 398Nels#809#1,207
  5. 355Myer#966#1,321

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1919