NameTides

Jesus

Jesus was the #173 boys' name in the US in 2025 (2,078 babies), and #5,137 in England & Wales.

Jesus as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Jesus as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Jesus as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#173 (2,078)#5,137 (3)—
2024#164 (2,221)—#2,710 (6)
2023#172 (2,113)——
2022#166 (2,259)#3,450 (5)—
2021#170 (2,270)#4,789 (3)#2,491 (6)
2020#169 (2,297)#4,608 (3)—
2019#155 (2,541)#3,013 (6)#1,998 (8)
2018#148 (2,643)—#1,682 (10)
2017#144 (2,749)#3,996 (4)—
2016#134 (3,079)#3,079 (6)#2,428 (6)
2015#129 (3,182)#4,747 (3)#1,816 (9)
2014#111 (3,523)#4,632 (3)#1,250 (15)
2013#107 (3,674)—#1,771 (9)
2012#101 (3,783)#4,805 (3)#1,466 (12)
2011#93 (4,168)—#1,326 (14)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2001 at #66.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 820 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 820common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 91,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Jesus is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 820 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 780 to 1 in 860.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Jesus by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #255WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #147WAIdaho: #302IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #392MNIllinois: #160ILMichigan: #487MINew York: #359NYMassachusetts: #413MAOregon: #143ORNevada: #98NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #331IAIndiana: #431INOhio: #555OHPennsylvania: #506PANew Jersey: #377NJConnecticut: #326CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #85CAUtah: #206UTColorado: #139CONebraska: #184NEMissouri: #368MOKentucky: #375KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #627VAMaryland: #364MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #32AZNew Mexico: #72NMKansas: #151KSArkansas: #232ARTennessee: #335TNNorth Carolina: #215NCSouth Carolina: #311SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #220OKLouisiana: #353LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #375ALGeorgia: #267GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #69TXFlorida: #221FL
Jesus (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
JesusCanadaBoys—too few
JesusEngland & WalesBoys#5,1373
JesusUSGirls#13,2086
JesusUSBoys#1732,078