Jose

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #95in 2025
  • 1 in 464boys in 2025
  • −20%last ten years
  • 2.6×in New Mexico

Most popular in 2002. Quieter now: down 20% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

03,3146,62818801916195319892025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Jose, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880760
1881745
1882836
1883707
1884979
18851,030
1886767
1887937
1888819
1889723
1890838
1891761
1892869
1893748
1894812
1895886
1896870
1897754
1898897
1899847
19001,070
19011,193
19021,019
19031,183
19041,124
19051,512
19061,157
19071,158
19081,244
19091,299
19101,282
19111,186
1912828
1913843
1914843
1915777
1916771
1917864
1918859
19191,047
19201,166
19211,099
19221,155
19231,209
19241,230
19251,298
19261,327
19271,452
19281,598
19291,573
19301,458
19311,308
19321,260
19331,181
19341,182
19351,122
19361,079
19371,019
19381,044
1939992
19401,008
1941972
1942948
1943962
19441,109
19451,194
19461,145
19471,143
19481,289
19491,376
19501,474
19511,425
19521,383
19531,529
19541,583
19551,608
19561,606
19571,609
19581,614
19591,677
19601,836
19611,769
19621,850
19631,975
19641,995
19652,132
19662,352
19672,533
19682,758
19692,900
19703,063
19713,395
19723,660
19733,912
19744,274
19754,462
19764,500
19774,211
19784,354
19794,559
19804,665
19814,898
19824,753
19834,504
19844,440
19854,547
19864,541
19874,680
19884,705
19895,163
19905,608
19915,805
19925,920
19936,040
19946,072
19956,188
19966,417
19976,328
19986,474
19996,330
20006,408
20016,251
20026,628
20036,274
20046,140
20056,041
20065,646
20075,422
20084,816
20094,446
20104,015
20113,562
20123,185
20132,975
20142,855
20152,701
20162,697
20172,601
20182,378
20192,305
20202,233
20212,288
20222,309
20232,178
20242,196
20252,153

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. New Mexico 2.6×
  2. Texas 2.6×
  3. Arizona 2.5×
  4. California 1.8×
  5. Nevada 1.6×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
3,678
Rank in 2025
#95
How rare
1 in 464 boys
Since 1880
592,512

Most popular in 2002, at 6,628 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 20% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
New Mexico2.6×111
Texas2.6×3,032
Arizona2.5×528
California1.8×2,138
Nevada1.6×118

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.