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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201993peak #66, 2001boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
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.

Where Jesus is popular in 1993

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Jesus, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Jesus, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Jesus, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Jesus, so not publishedNHWashington: #105 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 473 boysWAIdaho: #143 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 645 boysIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Jesus, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Jesus, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #211 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 1,750 boysMNIllinois: #70 for boys · 249 births · 1 in 344 boysILWisconsin: #145 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 943 boysWIMichigan: #300 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 2,360 boysMINew York: #161 for boys · 130 births · 1 in 991 boysNYMassachusetts: #275 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 2,634 boysMARhode Island: #142 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 875 boysRIOregon: #94 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 393 boysORNevada: #72 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 295 boysNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Jesus, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Jesus, so not publishedSDIowa: #242 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 1,948 boysIAIndiana: #271 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 2,275 boysINOhio: #530 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 6,799 boysOHPennsylvania: #280 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 2,525 boysPANew Jersey: #193 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 1,457 boysNJConnecticut: #166 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 1,271 boysCTCalifornia: #27 for boys · 2,095 births · 1 in 131 boysCAUtah: #360 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 2,813 boysUTColorado: #90 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 392 boysCONebraska: #192 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 1,414 boysNEMissouri: #529 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,947 boysMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Jesus, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Jesus, so not publishedWVVirginia: #517 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 5,134 boysVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Jesus, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Jesus, so not publishedDEArizona: #26 for boys · 279 births · 1 in 110 boysAZNew Mexico: #33 for boys · 84 births · 1 in 136 boysNMKansas: #132 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 654 boysKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Jesus, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Jesus, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #299 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 2,243 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Jesus, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Jesus, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #292 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 2,167 boysOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Jesus, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Jesus, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Jesus, so not publishedALGeorgia: #298 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 1,924 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Jesus, so not publishedHITexas: #31 for boys · 1,123 births · 1 in 136 boysTXFlorida: #117 for boys · 141 births · 1 in 623 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Arizona#26 · 1 in 110
  2. California#27 · 1 in 131
  3. Texas#31 · 1 in 136
  4. New Mexico#33 · 1 in 136
  5. Illinois#70 · 1 in 344

Best ever in a state: #6 in Arizona, 2001.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Arizona#262791 in 110
California#272,0951 in 131
Texas#311,1231 in 136
New Mexico#33841 in 136
Illinois#702491 in 344
Nevada#72311 in 295
Colorado#90621 in 392
Oregon#94491 in 393
Washington#105731 in 473
Florida#1171411 in 623
Kansas#132241 in 654
Rhode Island#14271 in 875
Idaho#143111 in 645
Wisconsin#145331 in 943
New York#1611301 in 991
Connecticut#166161 in 1,271
Nebraska#19271 in 1,414
New Jersey#193351 in 1,457
Minnesota#211171 in 1,750
Iowa#24291 in 1,948
Indiana#271171 in 2,275
Massachusetts#275151 in 2,634
Pennsylvania#280301 in 2,525
Oklahoma#29291 in 2,167
Georgia#298251 in 1,924
North Carolina#299201 in 2,243
Michigan#300271 in 2,360
Utah#36061 in 2,813
Virginia#51781 in 5,134
Missouri#52961 in 5,947
Ohio#530111 in 6,799
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Jesus
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 1993

girls
#2,127
63 births · 1 in 28,715 girls
boys
#80
4,683 births · 1 in 419 boys

Top girls' names in 1993

  1. #1Jessica34,993
  2. #2Ashley34,849
  3. #3Sarah24,257
  4. #4Samantha23,668
  5. #5Emily23,596
  6. #6Brittany21,725
  7. #7Taylor21,270
  8. #8Amanda20,811
  9. #9Elizabeth17,559
  10. #10Stephanie17,186
  11. #2,127Jesus63

Top boys' names in 1993

  1. #1Michael49,571
  2. #2Christopher38,237
  3. #3Matthew35,782
  4. #4Joshua33,590
  5. #5Tyler29,800
  6. #6Brandon28,735
  7. #7Daniel28,698
  8. #8Nicholas28,114
  9. #9Jacob27,487
  10. #10Andrew27,326
  11. #80Jesus4,683
More about 1993

girls

1,809,072 girls got a published name in 1993; 1 in 28,715 of them was named Jesus, which outranked 86.5% of the 15,801 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jesus
  1. #2,112Tynisha64
  2. #2,112Uniqua64
  3. #2,112Zakiya64
  4. #2,127Jesus63
  5. #2,127Afton63
  6. #2,127Aleena63
  7. #2,127Arden63
  8. #2,152Anessa62
  9. #2,152Arin62
  10. #2,152Breyana62

Tied with 24 names at #2,127; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1992
Risers
  1. ↑ 12,442Coraima#13,317 → #875
  2. ↑ 5,624Kadijah#6,314 → #690
  3. ↑ 3,307Kalene#4,236 → #929
  4. ↑ 1,413Deyanira#2,351 → #938
  5. ↑ 979Halle#1,713 → #734
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,120Latifah#802 → #1,922
  2. ↓ 747Shanae#662 → #1,409
  3. ↓ 520Jaleesa#792 → #1,312
  4. ↓ 487Brianda#777 → #1,264
  5. ↓ 417Chynna#941 → #1,358

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

boys

1,961,328 boys got a published name in 1993; 1 in 419 of them was named Jesus, which outranked 99.2% of the 10,170 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jesus
  1. #77Shawn4,814
  2. #78Edward4,790
  3. #79Garrett4,711
  4. #80Jesus4,683
  5. #81Mitchell4,584
  6. #82Peter4,538
  7. #83Blake4,504
Biggest movers since 1992
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,880Savon#6,670 → #790
  2. ↑ 2,006Jordy#2,834 → #828
  3. ↑ 662Austyn#1,598 → #936
  4. ↑ 471Devaughn#1,395 → #924
  5. ↑ 454Mikal#1,294 → #840
Fallers
  1. ↓ 329Channing#887 → #1,216
  2. ↓ 307Garth#658 → #965
  3. ↓ 252Earnest#911 → #1,163
  4. ↓ 241Armand#987 → #1,228
  5. ↓ 240Spenser#831 → #1,071

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

See the top 100 for 1993 →