Jos — boys' name

What the Data Says About Jos

The Social Security Administration has registered 96 babies named Jos between 1915 and 2021, spanning 107 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jos currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jos performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 36 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Jos shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in South Carolina, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jos in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jos 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 96 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.