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Jesus

Meaning not yet sourced

Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2004, with 6,472 babies; 2,078 in 2025

CommonRare
Rank 2015: #129, 2016: #134, 2017: #144, 2018: #148, 2019: #155, 2020: #169, 2021: #170, 2022: #166, 2023: #172, 2024: #164, 2025: #1731 in 822 boys in the US, 2025#173 · falling · was #129 in 2015
CommonRare
Rank 2015: #4,747, 2016: #3,079, 2017: #3,996, 2019: #3,013, 2020: #4,608, 2021: #4,789, 2022: #3,450, 2025: #5,1371 in 90,645 boys in E&W, 2025#5,137 · steady · was #4,747 in 2015

Boy’s name · Spanish & Italian · /ˈd͡ʒiːzəs/

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What Jesus means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Jesus yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2004, with 6,472 babies; 2,078 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Jesus?

US 2025
#173
2,078 babies
▼ 9 vs 2024
England & Wales 2025
#5137
3 babies
Scotland
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Not listed

US: Falling: down from #129 in 2015. England & Wales: Steady: #4747 in 2015, #5137 now.

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US, 1880–2025England & Wales, 1996–2025Babies per 1,000 boys born. Dot: biggest US share (2001)

Biggest US share so far: 2001, when 6,425 boys got the name (#66 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

  • About 1 in 822 baby boys in the US in 2025
  • About 1 in 90,645 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in AZ (4.71 per 1,000 boys), NM (3.69 per 1,000 boys), TX (3.14 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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FewerMore · grey: under 5 babies, not listed

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Jesus is #173 in the US and #5137 in England & Wales (2025).

Rank 2025BabiesHow commonRank 2015
US#1732,0781 in 822#129
England & Wales#513731 in 90,645#4747
Scotland––––

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.7% of US babies named Jesus were boys.

GirlsBoys
US 202562,078
England & Wales 202503
US all years since 18802,685244,281
England & Wales since 1996046

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

UK/ˈd͡ʒiːzəs/, [ˈd͡ʒɪi̯zəs], [ˈd͡ʒɪi̯zs̩], /ˈd͡ʒiːˌzʌs/, [ˈd͡ʒɪi̯ˌzʌs]
US/ˈd͡ʒizəs/, [ˈd͡ʒɪi̯zəs], [ˈd͡ʒɪi̯zs̩]
/ˈd͡ʒiːzɨ̞s/, [ˈd͡ʒɪi̯zɨ̞s]

IPA from Wiktionary.

If you like Jesus

Boys

  • Fernando#387Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2006, with 2,758 babies; 819 in 2025
  • Cesar#385Editor’s note 824 US babies in 2025, but under 3 in England & Wales
  • Carlos#150Spanish and Portuguese form of Charles, meaning “free man”
  • Luis#144Same root as Louis, meaning “loud; famous + battle”
  • Marcos#516Editor’s note Down from #408 in 2015 to #516 in 2025 in the US
  • Eduardo#410Spanish, meaning “wealth, riches + guardian, watchman”

For a sister

  • Angel#546Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2002, with 3,100 babies; 551 in 2025
  • Alejandra#604Same root as Alexandra, meaning “to defend + man”
  • Carmen#389Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1960, with 2,440 babies; 798 in 2025
  • Andrea#235Feminine form of Andreas, meaning “manly”
  • Angelica#707Italian, meaning “angelic”
  • Ana#245Editor’s note Down from #211 in 2015 to #245 in 2025 in the US

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Spanish & Italian, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Jesus’s. Rank is US 2025.

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