Jesus — #164 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Jesus

The Social Security Administration has registered 242,168 babies named Jesus between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jesus currently holds the #164 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 6,471 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jesus performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 61,316 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Jesus shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 77,369 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Arizona. In total, SSA state-level files list Jesus in 46 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jesus in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 242,168 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.