How common is the name Jesus?

331,353 people in the United States have the first name Jesus, about 1 in 912. It ranks #150 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

JESUS

#150

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
331,353
About
1 in 912
This common or more
36.6%
Who bears it

Of the 331,353 people named Jesus, 97.3% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 1.3% as White and 1% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 98.9% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Jesus peaked in 2004, when 6,508 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2004
Births that year
6,508
In 2025*
2,084 ▼68%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 246,966 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Jesus by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #112. The largest share of babies named Jesus, 36.5%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1880s#1,082133
1890s#1,334142
1900s#789464
1910s#6522,341
1920s#4616,859
1930s#4775,660
1940s#5166,456
1950s#5438,490
1960s#49511,036
1970s#29719,158
1980s#21427,843
1990s#14949,635
2000s#11261,604
2010s#20533,889
2020s#30913,256
Before 19010.1%
Greatest Generation 1901–273.2%
Silent Generation 1928–454.3%
Baby boom 1946–646.8%
Generation X 1965–8011.3%
Millennials 1981–9623.8%
Generation Z 1997–1236.5%
2013 and later14.1%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Jesus is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jesus has been most common in Arizona (5.4×), Texas (4×), and New Mexico (3.5×), and least common in Mississippi (0.04×).

242,540 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Jesus

#148 Victor · 337,308#149 Gloria · 331,522#151 Jacqueline · 331,316#152 Danielle · 329,075

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jesus, most common first.

#7,316 Jesusa · 2,096#44,535 Jessus · 155

Also a last name

As a last name, Jesus ranks #12,817 of 156,621, with 2,294 people. See Jesus as a last name

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