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

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Peak · boys
#28
2004 · 12,187 births
Debut · boys
1880
84 births
In top 100 · boys
63 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
592,512
since 1880

Jose over time

boys

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

#1#10#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201973peak #28, 2004boys
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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—#953,678
2024#13,4776#913,784
2023#11,1698#933,725
2022#11,2318#884,031
2021#12,2067#894,002
2020#9,54610#943,855
2019#13,7996#924,135
2018#10,5459#894,318
2017#14,1246#814,815
2016#9,41111#775,119
2015#9,48111#805,177
2014#10,12910#765,485
2013#14,5826#765,627
2012#8,63213#726,041
2011#9,72311#656,766
2010#6,64119#527,703
2009#9,37912#438,818
2008#6,13022#409,826
2007#5,52625#3511,252
2006#4,46332#3011,604
2005#3,87637#3012,065
2004#3,26546#2812,187
2003#4,10932#3012,394
2002#3,01448#3012,868
2001#2,66356#3412,144
2000#2,67255#3412,585
1999#2,61054#3512,155
1998#2,88945#3312,374
1997#2,59049#3211,929
1996#2,12564#3212,155
1995#1,90073#3511,781
1994#1,81079#3611,731
1993#1,92273#3611,847
1992#1,61495#3711,824
1991#1,58496#3711,727
1990#1,397113#4111,519
1989#1,65183#4610,331
1988#1,40999#499,007
1987#1,59178#488,737
1986#1,40591#518,363
1985#1,41090#498,403
1984#1,39783#498,013
1983#1,53173#488,073
1982#1,51079#468,624
1981#1,56875#458,773
1980#1,40888#468,323
1979#1,34991#447,848
1978#1,31491#447,148
1977#1,45176#456,919
1976#1,29784#447,061
1975#1,33281#486,967
1974#1,48666#476,720
1973#1,58958#496,097
1972#1,56559#505,935
1971#1,61358#556,004
1970#1,58460#565,691
1969#1,57257#565,185
1968#1,81243#584,794
1967#1,82141#644,417
1966#2,05832#794,194
1965#1,74142#893,966
1964#2,41226#943,976
1963#1,86739#984,012
1962#1,94735#1033,827
1961#1,83839#1073,757
1960#1,69544#1073,915
1959#2,33924#1133,579
1958#1,98531#1183,425
1957#2,16826#1093,472
1956#1,76036#1083,398
1955#2,22224#1043,313
1954#1,90930#1073,227
1953#1,93128#1103,016
1952#1,78131#1142,689
1951#1,55537#1132,683
1950#2,12121#1092,638
1949#1,91725#1202,441
1948#2,49116#1262,262
1947#1,82228#1362,091
1946#2,09420#1331,859
1945#2,14916#1321,607
1944#1,91620#1391,512
1943#2,25116#1511,373
1942#1,98119#1501,310
1941#1,81020#1491,194
1940#2,29713#1481,169
1939#1,51425#1481,098
1938#2,34013#1421,158
1937#1,73520#1421,087
1936#2,38612#1391,119
1935#1,77919#1351,168
1934#2,00316#1331,221
1933#1,77319#1361,171
1932#1,87718#1311,316
1931#1,63522#1261,360
1930#1,10145#1131,600
1929#1,89219#1081,692
1928#1,39431#1081,770
1927#1,48630#1121,636
1926#1,48330#1251,474
1925#2,37815#1251,449
1924#1,81123#1281,393
1923#2,36615#1271,325
1922#2,10918#1311,257
1921#2,04819#1321,210
1920#2,89911#1301,241
1919#2,38414#1411,026
1918#3,2449#160871
1917#2,20415#158800
1916#2,49812#175686
1915#3,4347#174659
1914—#160552
1913#2,8276#161432
1912—#163356
1911—#129268
1910#2,1406#134249
1909#2,2085#127213
1908—#133192
1907—#139170
1906—#136154
1905#1,9315#107200
1904—#139144
1903—#132141
1902—#146125
1901#1,6795#134127
1900—#137161
1899—#16590
1898#1,5026#155110
1897#1,3856#18085
1896#1,5835#158104
1895—#148104
1894—#16394
1893—#17184
1892#1,4505#151106
1891#1,3325#16677
1890—#15193
1889—#16880
1888—#15499
1887—#13495
1886—#16285
1885—#123111
1884—#128112
1883—#16574
1882—#14495
1881—#16375
1880—#16184
First appearance
1880

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
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
124 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2004 at #28 (12,187 births)
  • Births halved by 2012, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 63 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 63 yrs · run 1963–2025
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 151
  • 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
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 20.1% of all boys named Jose (119,042) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s910#123 (1885)#150
1890s947#148 (1895)#161
1900s1,627#107 (1905)#133
1910s5,899#129 (1911)#156
1920s14,447#108 (1928)#123
1930s12,298#113 (1930)#135
1940s16,818#120 (1949)#138
1950s31,440#104 (1955)#111
1960s42,043#56 (1969)#86
1970s66,390#44 (1979)#48
1980s86,647#45 (1981)#48
1990s119,042#32 (1996)#35
2000s115,743#28 (2004)#33
2010s55,186#52 (2010)#76
2020s23,075#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 1973

girls
#1,589
58 births · 1 in 25,142 girls
boys
#49
6,097 births · 1 in 256 boys

Top girls' names in 1973

  1. #1Jennifer62,448
  2. #2Amy26,962
  3. #3Michelle26,935
  4. #4Kimberly23,531
  5. #5Lisa22,677
  6. #6Melissa22,479
  7. #7Angela20,898
  8. #8Heather19,347
  9. #9Stephanie17,263
  10. #10Rebecca14,868
  11. #1,589Jose58

Top boys' names in 1973

  1. #1Michael67,797
  2. #2Christopher48,313
  3. #3Jason46,683
  4. #4James42,836
  5. #5David41,082
  6. #6John39,165
  7. #7Robert38,698
  8. #8Brian35,686
  9. #9William28,018
  10. #10Matthew24,531
  11. #49Jose6,097
More about 1973

girls

1,458,209 girls got a published name in 1973; 1 in 25,142 of them was named Jose, which outranked 83.8% of the 9,810 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jose
  1. #1,570Sabra59
  2. #1,570Sarita59
  3. #1,570Toi59
  4. #1,589Jose58
  5. #1,589Addie58
  6. #1,589Aurelia58
  7. #1,589Brett58
  8. #1,607Chaya57
  9. #1,607Donielle57
  10. #1,607Dyan57

Tied with 17 names at #1,589; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,091Cicely#4,793 → #702
  2. ↑ 2,295Aubrey#3,177 → #882
  3. ↑ 1,847Nyree#2,680 → #833
  4. ↑ 1,533Danyell#2,523 → #990
  5. ↑ 1,496Vonetta#2,311 → #815
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,814Camisha#815 → #2,629
  2. ↓ 470Andra#904 → #1,374
  3. ↓ 416Cherilyn#823 → #1,239
  4. ↓ 284Keena#848 → #1,132
  5. ↓ 281Nicolle#734 → #1,015

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

boys

1,558,576 boys got a published name in 1973; 1 in 256 of them was named Jose, which outranked 99.2% of the 5,877 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jose
  1. #46George6,601
  2. #47Douglas6,595
  3. #48Craig6,295
  4. #49Jose6,097
  5. #50Larry6,080
  6. #51Justin6,078
  7. #52Peter5,913
Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,348Vashon#3,152 → #804
  2. ↑ 1,405Jory#2,158 → #753
  3. ↑ 348Pernell#1,262 → #914
  4. ↑ 345Enoch#1,307 → #962
  5. ↑ 273Tarik#1,177 → #904
Fallers
  1. ↓ 669Jabbar#917 → #1,586
  2. ↓ 361Wes#993 → #1,354
  3. ↓ 326Paris#797 → #1,123
  4. ↓ 284Christophe#984 → #1,268
  5. ↓ 272Bennett#851 → #1,123

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

See the top 100 for 1973 →