Jose Boy
How popular is Jose?
#95 boy name in 2025
3,678 baby boys were named Jose in the US in 2025, making it the 95th most popular boy name.
Jose popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #95 for boys (▼ 4 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 3,678 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-29% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #80 in 2015, #94 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2002 (12,868 boys) |
| Highest rank | #28 in 2004 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Jose counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Jose family of names ranked #105 for boys in 2025 (#103 the year before), with 3,686 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Jose | 3,678 | 100% |
| Joss | 8 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Jose is most popular
Babies named Jose per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Texas: 6.0 per 1,000 (5,260 boys)
- Arizona: 5.6 per 1,000 (911 boys)
- New Mexico: 5.5 per 1,000 (181 boys)
- California: 4.1 per 1,000 (3,745 boys)
- Nevada: 3.4 per 1,000 (191 boys)
Jose by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 910 | #123 |
| 1890s | 947 | #148 |
| 1900s | 1,627 | #107 |
| 1910s | 5,899 | #129 |
| 1920s | 14,447 | #108 |
| 1930s | 12,298 | #113 |
| 1940s | 16,818 | #120 |
| 1950s | 31,440 | #104 |
| 1960s | 42,043 | #56 |
| 1970s | 66,390 | #44 |
| 1980s | 86,647 | #45 |
| 1990s | 119,042 | #32 |
| 2000s | 115,743 | #28 |
| 2010s | 55,186 | #52 |
| 2020s | 23,075 | #88 |
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Questions
- Is Jose a boy or girl name?
- Jose is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Jose were boys.
- How popular is the name Jose?
- 3,678 baby boys were named Jose in the US in 2025, making it the 95th most popular boy name.
- When was Jose most popular?
- Jose peaked in 2002, when 12,868 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #28 in 2004.
- How many people are named Jose?
- 596,732 babies have been named Jose in the US since 1880. We estimate about 520,486 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 32.
- Where is Jose most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Jose was most common in Texas, at 6.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.