Jose
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #13,477 · #95 for boys in 2025, 3,678 births
Given to boys 99.3% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2004 · 12,187 births
- Debut · boys
- 84 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 63 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 592,512since 1880
Jose 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 | — | #95 | 3,678 | |
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 | #91 | 3,784 |
| 2023 | #11,169 | 8 | #93 | 3,725 |
| 2022 | #11,231 | 8 | #88 | 4,031 |
| 2021 | #12,206 | 7 | #89 | 4,002 |
| 2020 | #9,546 | 10 | #94 | 3,855 |
| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 | #92 | 4,135 |
| 2018 | #10,545 | 9 | #89 | 4,318 |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 | #81 | 4,815 |
| 2016 | #9,411 | 11 | #77 | 5,119 |
| 2015 | #9,481 | 11 | #80 | 5,177 |
| 2014 | #10,129 | 10 | #76 | 5,485 |
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 | #76 | 5,627 |
| 2012 | #8,632 | 13 | #72 | 6,041 |
| 2011 | #9,723 | 11 | #65 | 6,766 |
| 2010 | #6,641 | 19 | #52 | 7,703 |
| 2009 | #9,379 | 12 | #43 | 8,818 |
| 2008 | #6,130 | 22 | #40 | 9,826 |
| 2007 | #5,526 | 25 | #35 | 11,252 |
| 2006 | #4,463 | 32 | #30 | 11,604 |
| 2005 | #3,876 | 37 | #30 | 12,065 |
| 2004 | #3,265 | 46 | #28 | 12,187 |
| 2003 | #4,109 | 32 | #30 | 12,394 |
| 2002 | #3,014 | 48 | #30 | 12,868 |
| 2001 | #2,663 | 56 | #34 | 12,144 |
| 2000 | #2,672 | 55 | #34 | 12,585 |
| 1999 | #2,610 | 54 | #35 | 12,155 |
| 1998 | #2,889 | 45 | #33 | 12,374 |
| 1997 | #2,590 | 49 | #32 | 11,929 |
| 1996 | #2,125 | 64 | #32 | 12,155 |
| 1995 | #1,900 | 73 | #35 | 11,781 |
| 1994 | #1,810 | 79 | #36 | 11,731 |
| 1993 | #1,922 | 73 | #36 | 11,847 |
| 1992 | #1,614 | 95 | #37 | 11,824 |
| 1991 | #1,584 | 96 | #37 | 11,727 |
| 1990 | #1,397 | 113 | #41 | 11,519 |
| 1989 | #1,651 | 83 | #46 | 10,331 |
| 1988 | #1,409 | 99 | #49 | 9,007 |
| 1987 | #1,591 | 78 | #48 | 8,737 |
| 1986 | #1,405 | 91 | #51 | 8,363 |
| 1985 | #1,410 | 90 | #49 | 8,403 |
| 1984 | #1,397 | 83 | #49 | 8,013 |
| 1983 | #1,531 | 73 | #48 | 8,073 |
| 1982 | #1,510 | 79 | #46 | 8,624 |
| 1981 | #1,568 | 75 | #45 | 8,773 |
| 1980 | #1,408 | 88 | #46 | 8,323 |
| 1979 | #1,349 | 91 | #44 | 7,848 |
| 1978 | #1,314 | 91 | #44 | 7,148 |
| 1977 | #1,451 | 76 | #45 | 6,919 |
| 1976 | #1,297 | 84 | #44 | 7,061 |
| 1975 | #1,332 | 81 | #48 | 6,967 |
| 1974 | #1,486 | 66 | #47 | 6,720 |
| 1973 | #1,589 | 58 | #49 | 6,097 |
| 1972 | #1,565 | 59 | #50 | 5,935 |
| 1971 | #1,613 | 58 | #55 | 6,004 |
| 1970 | #1,584 | 60 | #56 | 5,691 |
| 1969 | #1,572 | 57 | #56 | 5,185 |
| 1968 | #1,812 | 43 | #58 | 4,794 |
| 1967 | #1,821 | 41 | #64 | 4,417 |
| 1966 | #2,058 | 32 | #79 | 4,194 |
| 1965 | #1,741 | 42 | #89 | 3,966 |
| 1964 | #2,412 | 26 | #94 | 3,976 |
| 1963 | #1,867 | 39 | #98 | 4,012 |
| 1962 | #1,947 | 35 | #103 | 3,827 |
| 1961 | #1,838 | 39 | #107 | 3,757 |
| 1960 | #1,695 | 44 | #107 | 3,915 |
| 1959 | #2,339 | 24 | #113 | 3,579 |
| 1958 | #1,985 | 31 | #118 | 3,425 |
| 1957 | #2,168 | 26 | #109 | 3,472 |
| 1956 | #1,760 | 36 | #108 | 3,398 |
| 1955 | #2,222 | 24 | #104 | 3,313 |
| 1954 | #1,909 | 30 | #107 | 3,227 |
| 1953 | #1,931 | 28 | #110 | 3,016 |
| 1952 | #1,781 | 31 | #114 | 2,689 |
| 1951 | #1,555 | 37 | #113 | 2,683 |
| 1950 | #2,121 | 21 | #109 | 2,638 |
| 1949 | #1,917 | 25 | #120 | 2,441 |
| 1948 | #2,491 | 16 | #126 | 2,262 |
| 1947 | #1,822 | 28 | #136 | 2,091 |
| 1946 | #2,094 | 20 | #133 | 1,859 |
| 1945 | #2,149 | 16 | #132 | 1,607 |
| 1944 | #1,916 | 20 | #139 | 1,512 |
| 1943 | #2,251 | 16 | #151 | 1,373 |
| 1942 | #1,981 | 19 | #150 | 1,310 |
| 1941 | #1,810 | 20 | #149 | 1,194 |
| 1940 | #2,297 | 13 | #148 | 1,169 |
| 1939 | #1,514 | 25 | #148 | 1,098 |
| 1938 | #2,340 | 13 | #142 | 1,158 |
| 1937 | #1,735 | 20 | #142 | 1,087 |
| 1936 | #2,386 | 12 | #139 | 1,119 |
| 1935 | #1,779 | 19 | #135 | 1,168 |
| 1934 | #2,003 | 16 | #133 | 1,221 |
| 1933 | #1,773 | 19 | #136 | 1,171 |
| 1932 | #1,877 | 18 | #131 | 1,316 |
| 1931 | #1,635 | 22 | #126 | 1,360 |
| 1930 | #1,101 | 45 | #113 | 1,600 |
| 1929 | #1,892 | 19 | #108 | 1,692 |
| 1928 | #1,394 | 31 | #108 | 1,770 |
| 1927 | #1,486 | 30 | #112 | 1,636 |
| 1926 | #1,483 | 30 | #125 | 1,474 |
| 1925 | #2,378 | 15 | #125 | 1,449 |
| 1924 | #1,811 | 23 | #128 | 1,393 |
| 1923 | #2,366 | 15 | #127 | 1,325 |
| 1922 | #2,109 | 18 | #131 | 1,257 |
| 1921 | #2,048 | 19 | #132 | 1,210 |
| 1920 | #2,899 | 11 | #130 | 1,241 |
| 1919 | #2,384 | 14 | #141 | 1,026 |
| 1918 | #3,244 | 9 | #160 | 871 |
| 1917 | #2,204 | 15 | #158 | 800 |
| 1916 | #2,498 | 12 | #175 | 686 |
| 1915 | #3,434 | 7 | #174 | 659 |
| 1914 | — | #160 | 552 | |
| 1913 | #2,827 | 6 | #161 | 432 |
| 1912 | — | #163 | 356 | |
| 1911 | — | #129 | 268 | |
| 1910 | #2,140 | 6 | #134 | 249 |
| 1909 | #2,208 | 5 | #127 | 213 |
| 1908 | — | #133 | 192 | |
| 1907 | — | #139 | 170 | |
| 1906 | — | #136 | 154 | |
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 | #107 | 200 |
| 1904 | — | #139 | 144 | |
| 1903 | — | #132 | 141 | |
| 1902 | — | #146 | 125 | |
| 1901 | #1,679 | 5 | #134 | 127 |
| 1900 | — | #137 | 161 | |
| 1899 | — | #165 | 90 | |
| 1898 | #1,502 | 6 | #155 | 110 |
| 1897 | #1,385 | 6 | #180 | 85 |
| 1896 | #1,583 | 5 | #158 | 104 |
| 1895 | — | #148 | 104 | |
| 1894 | — | #163 | 94 | |
| 1893 | — | #171 | 84 | |
| 1892 | #1,450 | 5 | #151 | 106 |
| 1891 | #1,332 | 5 | #166 | 77 |
| 1890 | — | #151 | 93 | |
| 1889 | — | #168 | 80 | |
| 1888 | — | #154 | 99 | |
| 1887 | — | #134 | 95 | |
| 1886 | — | #162 | 85 | |
| 1885 | — | #123 | 111 | |
| 1884 | — | #128 | 112 | |
| 1883 | — | #165 | 74 | |
| 1882 | — | #144 | 95 | |
| 1881 | — | #163 | 75 | |
| 1880 | — | #161 | 84 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Jose was already there! It came in at #161, and was given to 84 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1883, when fewer than 96 boys a year got the name.
See more about Jose
- 4 spots since 2024 (#91 → #95)
- 1 spot since 2020 (#94 → #95)
- 15 spots since 2015 (#80 → #95)
- Biggest jump: 37 spots in 1884 (#165 → #128)
- Biggest drop: 39 spots in 1886 (#123 → #162)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2004 at #28 (12,187 births)
- Births halved by 2012, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 63 yrs · run 1963–2025
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 151 boys born in 2002 were named Jose (0.66%)
- Latest: 1 in 464 boys born in 2025 (0.22%)
- Its best rank, #28 in 2004, was only 1 in 163 (0.61%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 20.1% of all boys named Jose (119,042) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 910 | #123 (1885) | #150 |
| 1890s | 947 | #148 (1895) | #161 |
| 1900s | 1,627 | #107 (1905) | #133 |
| 1910s | 5,899 | #129 (1911) | #156 |
| 1920s | 14,447 | #108 (1928) | #123 |
| 1930s | 12,298 | #113 (1930) | #135 |
| 1940s | 16,818 | #120 (1949) | #138 |
| 1950s | 31,440 | #104 (1955) | #111 |
| 1960s | 42,043 | #56 (1969) | #86 |
| 1970s | 66,390 | #44 (1979) | #48 |
| 1980s | 86,647 | #45 (1981) | #48 |
| 1990s | 119,042 | #32 (1996) | #35 |
| 2000s | 115,743 | #28 (2004) | #33 |
| 2010s | 55,186 | #52 (2010) | #76 |
| 2020s | 23,075 | #88 (2022) | #92 |
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.
Jose in 1934
Top girls' names in 1934
Top boys' names in 1934
More about 1934
girls
1,044,225 girls got a published name in 1934; 1 in 65,264 of them was named Jose, which outranked 59.7% of the 4,973 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,913Wanetta17
- #1,913Waunita17
- #1,913Willamae17
- #2,003Jose16
- #2,003Alfred16
- #2,003Allegra16
- #2,003Allen16
- #2,087Abby15
- #2,087Adah15
- #2,087Adelaida15
Tied with 83 names at #2,003; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,032,596 boys got a published name in 1934; 1 in 846 of them was named Jose, which outranked 96.8% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.