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Jesus

Gender
Boy
Origin
Spanish
UK rank, 2025
#5,065 for boys
US rank, 2025
#173 for boys

Jesus is a boys' name of Spanish origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 173rd for boys in the US (2,078 babies).

What does Jesus mean?

Spanish

A male given name from Spanish in Spanish culture; an anglicized spelling of Jesús.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is Jesus a girl's or a boy's name?

Jesus is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 6 girls and 2,078 boys in the US.

How popular is Jesus in the UK?

Rank in 2025
5,065th among boys
Babies in 2025
3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
Five-year trend
Falling fast down 67% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Jesus, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2016, with 6 boys.

Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.

2004Busiest: 6 in 20162025
Jesus in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20253#5,065
20240–
20230–
20225#3,639
20213#4,989
20203#4,803
20196#3,184
20180–
20174#4,161
20166#3,241
20153#4,955
20143#4,829
20131#6,198
20123#4,999
20110–
20100–
20090–
20080–
20070–
20060–
20053#3,992
20045#2,691

How popular is Jesus in the US?

Rank in 2025
173rd among boys
Babies in 2025
2,078 about 1 in 820 boys
Five-year trend
Steady down 14% in five years
Same name in a class
1.7% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 2,078 boys in the US were named Jesus, making it the 173rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 169th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 6,472 boys. 6 girls were also named Jesus in 2025 (13,203rd for girls).

2025 had fewer boys named Jesus than any year since 1978.

Half of all the boys named Jesus in the US since 1880 were born between 1980 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.

1880Busiest: 6,472 in 20042025
Jesus in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20252,078#173
20242,221#164
20232,113#172
20222,259#166
20212,270#170
20202,297#169
20192,541#155
20182,643#148
20172,749#144
20163,079#134
20153,182#129
20143,523#111
20133,674#107
20123,783#101
20114,168#93
20104,454#92
20095,387#78
20085,758#79
20076,223#77
20066,461#74
20056,382#73
20046,472#70
20036,163#67
20026,371#66
20016,425#66
20005,682#76
19995,571#70
19985,217#76
19975,164#71
19965,115#74
19954,908#76
19944,916#79
19934,683#80
19924,823#78
19914,601#80
19904,131#90
19893,291#103
19882,928#104
19872,790#104
19862,597#109
19852,687#108
19842,513#109
19832,511#108
19822,624#111
19812,759#108
19802,700#110
19792,364#112
19782,074#124
19772,044#132
19762,040#129
19751,924#134
19741,945#133
19731,739#142
19721,611#161
19711,583#170
19701,483#185
19691,403#191
19681,227#192
19671,141#203
19661,108#209
19651,014#229
19641,076#228
1963995#241
19621,043#239
1961973#250
1960914#262
1959918#264
1958865#264
1957856#257
1956825#249
1955841#241
1954791#245
1953843#234
1952810#234
1951821#230
1950782#235
1949784#231
1948845#220
1947757#233
1946702#226
1945662#211
1944559#242
1943560#250
1942535#246
1941449#268
1940463#255
1939459#251
1938473#249
1937509#233
1936470#240
1935500#233
1934537#223
1933514#226
1932635#202
1931630#205
1930753#186
1929767#181
1928775#184
1927727#195
1926713#197
1925722#191
1924662#208
1923606#211
1922561#234
1921517#247
1920528#238
1919439#253
1918362#281
1917289#315
1916270#320
1915242#341
1914194#327
1913145#343
1912146#296
191179#298
191073#285
190968#268
190867#257
190754#286
190644#309
190559#254
190444#288
190320#470
190221#460
190127#353
190049#297
189920#415
189820#452
189715#515
189621#424
189517#491
189413#567
189311#615
189211#640
18915#962
18909#667
18899#673
188820#416
188715#438
188612#540
188514#498
188411#570
188312#527
188214#489
18818#653
188018#403

Names like Jesus

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Lucas, Joey, Jacob, Jonah, Cruz, Vincent, Sonny, Roman, Jude, Myles, Hunter, Noah

Names related to Jesus

Jesse, Jessy, Jeshua, Jessie, Jess, Jessee, Jessey, Jesua

More Spanish names

Santiago, Lola, Xavier, Amaya, Alaia, Diego, Rio, Elian, Ximena, Javier, Esmeralda, Amayah, Reina, Cesar, Sierra, Paloma

Every Spanish name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Jesus: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jesus, updated 20 October 2026.