Jose
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ho-ZAY
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,372 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #95 for boys
Jose is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “he will add”. In 2025 it ranked 1,372nd for boys in the UK (21 babies) and 95th for boys in the US (3,678 babies).
What does Jose mean?
Hebrew: Spanish and Portuguese form of Joseph
“he will add”
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Is Jose a girl's or a boy's name?
Jose is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 boys in the UK and 3,678 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jose in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,372among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 14,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 21 boys in the UK were named Jose, making it the 1,372nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,033rd. Its busiest year was 2005, with 69 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Jose than any year since 1999.
Half of all the boys named Jose in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,306th in England and Wales.
Jose in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #1,372 |
| 2024 | 23 | #1,263 |
| 2023 | 39 | #892 |
| 2022 | 38 | #904 |
| 2021 | 31 | #1,041 |
| 2020 | 30 | #1,033 |
| 2019 | 29 | #1,061 |
| 2018 | 36 | #919 |
| 2017 | 33 | #1,010 |
| 2016 | 35 | #956 |
| 2015 | 37 | #906 |
| 2014 | 34 | #948 |
| 2013 | 31 | #1,002 |
| 2012 | 34 | #957 |
| 2011 | 33 | #952 |
| 2010 | 38 | #848 |
| 2009 | 36 | #864 |
| 2008 | 42 | #766 |
| 2007 | 33 | #880 |
| 2006 | 48 | #652 |
| 2005 | 69 | #463 |
| 2004 | 45 | #616 |
| 2003 | 31 | #754 |
| 2002 | 26 | #791 |
| 2001 | 25 | #768 |
| 2000 | 25 | #763 |
| 1999 | 20 | #870 |
| 1998 | 21 | #818 |
| 1997 | 26 | #690 |
| 1996 | 23 | #724 |
How popular is Jose in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #95among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3,678about 1 in 460 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 3%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3,678 boys in the US were named Jose, making it the 95th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 94th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 12,868 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Jose than any year since 1959.
Half of all the boys named Jose in the US since 1880 were born between 1973 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jose in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,678 | #95 |
| 2024 | 3,784 | #91 |
| 2023 | 3,725 | #93 |
| 2022 | 4,031 | #88 |
| 2021 | 4,002 | #89 |
| 2020 | 3,855 | #94 |
| 2019 | 4,135 | #92 |
| 2018 | 4,318 | #89 |
| 2017 | 4,815 | #81 |
| 2016 | 5,119 | #77 |
| 2015 | 5,177 | #80 |
| 2014 | 5,485 | #76 |
| 2013 | 5,627 | #76 |
| 2012 | 6,041 | #72 |
| 2011 | 6,766 | #65 |
| 2010 | 7,703 | #52 |
| 2009 | 8,818 | #43 |
| 2008 | 9,826 | #40 |
| 2007 | 11,252 | #35 |
| 2006 | 11,604 | #30 |
| 2005 | 12,065 | #30 |
| 2004 | 12,187 | #28 |
| 2003 | 12,394 | #30 |
| 2002 | 12,868 | #30 |
| 2001 | 12,144 | #34 |
| 2000 | 12,585 | #34 |
| 1999 | 12,155 | #35 |
| 1998 | 12,374 | #33 |
| 1997 | 11,929 | #32 |
| 1996 | 12,155 | #32 |
| 1995 | 11,781 | #35 |
| 1994 | 11,731 | #36 |
| 1993 | 11,847 | #36 |
| 1992 | 11,824 | #37 |
| 1991 | 11,727 | #37 |
| 1990 | 11,519 | #41 |
| 1989 | 10,331 | #46 |
| 1988 | 9,007 | #49 |
| 1987 | 8,737 | #48 |
| 1986 | 8,363 | #51 |
| 1985 | 8,403 | #49 |
| 1984 | 8,013 | #49 |
| 1983 | 8,073 | #48 |
| 1982 | 8,624 | #46 |
| 1981 | 8,773 | #45 |
| 1980 | 8,323 | #46 |
| 1979 | 7,848 | #44 |
| 1978 | 7,148 | #44 |
| 1977 | 6,919 | #45 |
| 1976 | 7,061 | #44 |
| 1975 | 6,967 | #48 |
| 1974 | 6,720 | #47 |
| 1973 | 6,097 | #49 |
| 1972 | 5,935 | #50 |
| 1971 | 6,004 | #55 |
| 1970 | 5,691 | #56 |
| 1969 | 5,185 | #56 |
| 1968 | 4,794 | #58 |
| 1967 | 4,417 | #64 |
| 1966 | 4,194 | #79 |
| 1965 | 3,966 | #89 |
| 1964 | 3,976 | #94 |
| 1963 | 4,012 | #98 |
| 1962 | 3,827 | #103 |
| 1961 | 3,757 | #107 |
| 1960 | 3,915 | #107 |
| 1959 | 3,579 | #113 |
| 1958 | 3,425 | #118 |
| 1957 | 3,472 | #109 |
| 1956 | 3,398 | #108 |
| 1955 | 3,313 | #104 |
| 1954 | 3,227 | #107 |
| 1953 | 3,016 | #110 |
| 1952 | 2,689 | #114 |
| 1951 | 2,683 | #113 |
| 1950 | 2,638 | #109 |
| 1949 | 2,441 | #120 |
| 1948 | 2,262 | #126 |
| 1947 | 2,091 | #136 |
| 1946 | 1,859 | #133 |
| 1945 | 1,607 | #132 |
| 1944 | 1,512 | #139 |
| 1943 | 1,373 | #151 |
| 1942 | 1,310 | #150 |
| 1941 | 1,194 | #149 |
| 1940 | 1,169 | #148 |
| 1939 | 1,098 | #148 |
| 1938 | 1,158 | #142 |
| 1937 | 1,087 | #142 |
| 1936 | 1,119 | #139 |
| 1935 | 1,168 | #135 |
| 1934 | 1,221 | #133 |
| 1933 | 1,171 | #136 |
| 1932 | 1,316 | #131 |
| 1931 | 1,360 | #126 |
| 1930 | 1,600 | #113 |
| 1929 | 1,692 | #108 |
| 1928 | 1,770 | #108 |
| 1927 | 1,636 | #112 |
| 1926 | 1,474 | #125 |
| 1925 | 1,449 | #125 |
| 1924 | 1,393 | #128 |
| 1923 | 1,325 | #127 |
| 1922 | 1,257 | #131 |
| 1921 | 1,210 | #132 |
| 1920 | 1,241 | #130 |
| 1919 | 1,026 | #141 |
| 1918 | 871 | #160 |
| 1917 | 800 | #158 |
| 1916 | 686 | #175 |
| 1915 | 659 | #174 |
| 1914 | 552 | #160 |
| 1913 | 432 | #161 |
| 1912 | 356 | #163 |
| 1911 | 268 | #129 |
| 1910 | 249 | #134 |
| 1909 | 213 | #127 |
| 1908 | 192 | #133 |
| 1907 | 170 | #139 |
| 1906 | 154 | #136 |
| 1905 | 200 | #107 |
| 1904 | 144 | #139 |
| 1903 | 141 | #132 |
| 1902 | 125 | #146 |
| 1901 | 127 | #134 |
| 1900 | 161 | #137 |
| 1899 | 90 | #165 |
| 1898 | 110 | #155 |
| 1897 | 85 | #180 |
| 1896 | 104 | #158 |
| 1895 | 104 | #148 |
| 1894 | 94 | #163 |
| 1893 | 84 | #171 |
| 1892 | 106 | #151 |
| 1891 | 77 | #166 |
| 1890 | 93 | #151 |
| 1889 | 80 | #168 |
| 1888 | 99 | #154 |
| 1887 | 95 | #134 |
| 1886 | 85 | #162 |
| 1885 | 111 | #123 |
| 1884 | 112 | #128 |
| 1883 | 74 | #165 |
| 1882 | 95 | #144 |
| 1881 | 75 | #163 |
| 1880 | 84 | #161 |
Names like Jose
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Jose
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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, “Jose: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jose, updated 20 October 2026.