Jose — #91 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Jose

The Social Security Administration has registered 588,779 babies named Jose between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jose currently holds the #91 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 12,868 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jose performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 119,036 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Jose shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 169,770 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Jose in 49 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jose 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 588,779 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.