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
- Peak · boys
- 2001 · 6,425 births
- Debut · boys
- 18 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 22 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 244,281since 1880
Jesus over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #13,208 | 6 | #173 | 2,078 |
| 2024 | — | #164 | 2,221 | |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 | #172 | 2,113 |
| 2022 | — | #166 | 2,259 | |
| 2021 | #13,464 | 6 | #170 | 2,270 |
| 2020 | — | #169 | 2,297 | |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | #155 | 2,541 |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | #148 | 2,643 |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 | #144 | 2,749 |
| 2016 | #11,781 | 8 | #134 | 3,079 |
| 2015 | #10,148 | 10 | #129 | 3,182 |
| 2014 | #9,517 | 11 | #111 | 3,523 |
| 2013 | #7,748 | 15 | #107 | 3,674 |
| 2012 | #9,109 | 12 | #101 | 3,783 |
| 2011 | #12,153 | 8 | #93 | 4,168 |
| 2010 | #8,701 | 13 | #92 | 4,454 |
| 2009 | #10,679 | 10 | #78 | 5,387 |
| 2008 | #5,750 | 24 | #79 | 5,758 |
| 2007 | #7,092 | 18 | #77 | 6,223 |
| 2006 | #6,125 | 21 | #74 | 6,461 |
| 2005 | #4,958 | 26 | #73 | 6,382 |
| 2004 | #3,898 | 36 | #70 | 6,472 |
| 2003 | #3,472 | 41 | #67 | 6,163 |
| 2002 | #3,394 | 40 | #66 | 6,371 |
| 2001 | #3,785 | 34 | #66 | 6,425 |
| 2000 | #4,079 | 30 | #76 | 5,682 |
| 1999 | #3,048 | 43 | #70 | 5,571 |
| 1998 | #2,570 | 53 | #76 | 5,217 |
| 1997 | #3,716 | 30 | #71 | 5,164 |
| 1996 | #3,302 | 35 | #74 | 5,115 |
| 1995 | #2,456 | 52 | #76 | 4,908 |
| 1994 | #2,381 | 54 | #79 | 4,916 |
| 1993 | #2,127 | 63 | #80 | 4,683 |
| 1992 | #2,156 | 62 | #78 | 4,823 |
| 1991 | #2,320 | 55 | #80 | 4,601 |
| 1990 | #2,174 | 59 | #90 | 4,131 |
| 1989 | #2,250 | 53 | #103 | 3,291 |
| 1988 | #2,274 | 49 | #104 | 2,928 |
| 1987 | #2,780 | 35 | #104 | 2,790 |
| 1986 | #2,564 | 38 | #109 | 2,597 |
| 1985 | #2,222 | 46 | #108 | 2,687 |
| 1984 | #2,470 | 38 | #109 | 2,513 |
| 1983 | #2,236 | 43 | #108 | 2,511 |
| 1982 | #1,900 | 56 | #111 | 2,624 |
| 1981 | #2,265 | 44 | #108 | 2,759 |
| 1980 | #2,342 | 41 | #110 | 2,700 |
| 1979 | #2,477 | 37 | #112 | 2,364 |
| 1978 | #2,237 | 41 | #124 | 2,074 |
| 1977 | #2,381 | 37 | #132 | 2,044 |
| 1976 | #1,936 | 46 | #129 | 2,040 |
| 1975 | #1,854 | 49 | #134 | 1,924 |
| 1974 | #2,616 | 28 | #133 | 1,945 |
| 1973 | #2,127 | 37 | #142 | 1,739 |
| 1972 | #2,523 | 28 | #161 | 1,611 |
| 1971 | #3,373 | 19 | #170 | 1,583 |
| 1970 | #2,522 | 29 | #185 | 1,483 |
| 1969 | #3,318 | 17 | #191 | 1,403 |
| 1968 | #3,169 | 17 | #192 | 1,227 |
| 1967 | #3,340 | 15 | #203 | 1,141 |
| 1966 | #3,040 | 17 | #209 | 1,108 |
| 1965 | #4,202 | 10 | #229 | 1,014 |
| 1964 | #3,108 | 17 | #228 | 1,076 |
| 1963 | #3,801 | 12 | #241 | 995 |
| 1962 | #4,533 | 9 | #239 | 1,043 |
| 1961 | #3,060 | 17 | #250 | 973 |
| 1960 | #3,920 | 11 | #262 | 914 |
| 1959 | #2,760 | 18 | #264 | 918 |
| 1958 | #2,972 | 16 | #264 | 865 |
| 1957 | #3,489 | 12 | #257 | 856 |
| 1956 | #3,493 | 12 | #249 | 825 |
| 1955 | #4,376 | 8 | #241 | 841 |
| 1954 | #3,490 | 11 | #245 | 791 |
| 1953 | #2,699 | 16 | #234 | 843 |
| 1952 | #2,327 | 20 | #234 | 810 |
| 1951 | #2,810 | 14 | #230 | 821 |
| 1950 | #3,235 | 11 | #235 | 782 |
| 1949 | #2,410 | 17 | #231 | 784 |
| 1948 | #1,953 | 24 | #220 | 845 |
| 1947 | #3,240 | 11 | #233 | 757 |
| 1946 | #2,094 | 20 | #226 | 702 |
| 1945 | #2,149 | 16 | #211 | 662 |
| 1944 | #3,687 | 7 | #242 | 559 |
| 1943 | #3,493 | 8 | #250 | 560 |
| 1942 | #2,666 | 12 | #246 | 535 |
| 1941 | #2,190 | 15 | #268 | 449 |
| 1940 | #2,737 | 10 | #255 | 463 |
| 1939 | #1,947 | 17 | #251 | 459 |
| 1938 | #2,447 | 12 | #249 | 473 |
| 1937 | #1,735 | 20 | #233 | 509 |
| 1936 | #2,153 | 14 | #240 | 470 |
| 1935 | #2,095 | 15 | #233 | 500 |
| 1934 | #2,087 | 15 | #223 | 537 |
| 1933 | #1,970 | 16 | #226 | 514 |
| 1932 | #2,365 | 13 | #202 | 635 |
| 1931 | #1,549 | 24 | #205 | 630 |
| 1930 | #1,289 | 34 | #186 | 753 |
| 1929 | #1,339 | 32 | #181 | 767 |
| 1928 | #1,366 | 32 | #184 | 775 |
| 1927 | #1,587 | 27 | #195 | 727 |
| 1926 | #1,514 | 29 | #197 | 713 |
| 1925 | #1,376 | 34 | #191 | 722 |
| 1924 | #1,811 | 23 | #208 | 662 |
| 1923 | #1,388 | 33 | #211 | 606 |
| 1922 | #1,730 | 24 | #234 | 561 |
| 1921 | #1,927 | 21 | #247 | 517 |
| 1920 | #1,626 | 26 | #238 | 528 |
| 1919 | #2,264 | 15 | #253 | 439 |
| 1918 | #2,209 | 16 | #281 | 362 |
| 1917 | #1,996 | 17 | #315 | 289 |
| 1916 | #2,028 | 16 | #320 | 270 |
| 1915 | #2,526 | 11 | #341 | 242 |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 | #327 | 194 |
| 1913 | #2,164 | 9 | #343 | 145 |
| 1912 | — | #296 | 146 | |
| 1911 | #2,191 | 6 | #298 | 79 |
| 1910 | #2,140 | 6 | #285 | 73 |
| 1909 | #1,957 | 6 | #268 | 68 |
| 1908 | — | #257 | 67 | |
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 | #286 | 54 |
| 1906 | — | #309 | 44 | |
| 1905 | — | #254 | 59 | |
| 1904 | — | #288 | 44 | |
| 1903 | — | #470 | 20 | |
| 1902 | — | #460 | 21 | |
| 1901 | — | #353 | 27 | |
| 1900 | — | #297 | 49 | |
| 1899 | — | #415 | 20 | |
| 1898 | — | #452 | 20 | |
| 1897 | — | #515 | 15 | |
| 1896 | — | #424 | 21 | |
| 1895 | — | #491 | 17 | |
| 1894 | — | #567 | 13 | |
| 1893 | — | #615 | 11 | |
| 1892 | — | #641 | 11 | |
| 1891 | — | #963 | 5 | |
| 1890 | — | #667 | 9 | |
| 1889 | — | #673 | 9 | |
| 1888 | — | #416 | 20 | |
| 1887 | — | #438 | 15 | |
| 1886 | — | #540 | 12 | |
| 1885 | — | #498 | 14 | |
| 1884 | — | #570 | 11 | |
| 1883 | — | #527 | 12 | |
| 1882 | — | #489 | 14 | |
| 1881 | — | #653 | 8 | |
| 1880 | — | #403 | 18 | |
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.
See more about Jesus
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2001 at #66 (6,425 births)
- Births halved by 2015, 14 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 22 yrs · run 1990–2011
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 302 boys born in 2001 were named Jesus (0.33%)
- Latest: 1 in 822 boys born in 2025 (0.12%)
- 25.1% of all boys named Jesus (61,324) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 133 | #403 (1880) | #521 |
| 1890s | 142 | #415 (1899) | #575 |
| 1900s | 453 | #254 (1905) | #324 |
| 1910s | 2,239 | #253 (1919) | #306 |
| 1920s | 6,578 | #181 (1929) | #209 |
| 1930s | 5,480 | #186 (1930) | #225 |
| 1940s | 6,316 | #211 (1945) | #238 |
| 1950s | 8,352 | #230 (1951) | #245 |
| 1960s | 10,894 | #191 (1969) | #224 |
| 1970s | 18,807 | #112 (1979) | #142 |
| 1980s | 27,400 | #103 (1989) | #107 |
| 1990s | 49,129 | #70 (1999) | #77 |
| 2000s | 61,324 | #66 (2001) | #73 |
| 2010s | 33,796 | #92 (2010) | #121 |
| 2020s | 13,238 | #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 1974
Top girls' names in 1974
Top boys' names in 1974
More about 1974
girls
1,467,534 girls got a published name in 1974; 1 in 52,412 of them was named Jesus, which outranked 74.5% of the 10,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,556Zaida29
- #2,556Zelda29
- #2,556Zenobia29
- #2,616Jesus28
- #2,616Alyse28
- #2,616Ame28
- #2,616Amey28
- #2,683Alva27
- #2,683Arlena27
- #2,683Avery27
Tied with 66 names at #2,616; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,572,334 boys got a published name in 1974; 1 in 808 of them was named Jesus, which outranked 97.8% of the 6,004 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.