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Jesus

Gender

Male

Origin

Hebrew
God Will Help
The Lord is my salvation
Latin
Spanish

Syllables

2

Themes

  • Biblical

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Jesus

Pronunciation

j(e)-sus

Famous People

Jesus Christ of Nazareth, Athlete Jesus Figueroa, Ahtlete Jesus Sanchez

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2004 (rank #70, 6,463 births); most recent 2025 (rank #173, 2,078 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1993 (rank #2127, 63 births); most recent 2025 (rank #13208, 6 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
20252,0786
20242,210–
20232,1106
20222,258–
20212,2696
20202,296–
20192,5415
20182,6435
20172,7496
20163,0798

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2019 (rank #3011, 6 births); most recent 2025 (rank #4970, 3 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
20253
2024–
2023–
20225
20213
20203
20196
2018–
20174
20166

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 1966 (rank #213, 102 births); most recent 2022 (rank #3386, 6 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
2023–
20226
202114
20207
20198
20188
20177
201615
20158
20147

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence