Jesus

Primarily a boy's name · 99% boys

Meaning

Jesus is a masculine given name derived from Iēsous, the Ancient Greek form of the Hebrew name Yeshua. As its roots lie in the name Y'shua in Aramaic and Yeshua in Hebrew, it is etymologically related to another biblical name, Joshua.

From Wikipedia

Jesus first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2004 with 6,471 babies (rank #70 that year). In 2024 it was given to 2,210 boys (rank #164). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Jesus

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Jesus yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

11Destiny numberThe visionary (master)Intuitive and inspirational — a heightened 2.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
8Soul urgeThe achieverDriven, capable, comfortable wielding influence.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
3PersonalityThe creativeExpressive, sociable, lifted by playful energy.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

244,847

Total babies (all years)

145

Years in the data

6,471

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	18	#413
1881	8	#675
1882	14	#503
1883	12	#541
1884	11	#587
1885	14	#511
1886	12	#561
1887	15	#442
1888	20	#423
1889	9	#699
1890	9	#703
1891	5	#1,041
1892	11	#660
1893	11	#633
1894	13	#579
1895	17	#497
1896	21	#432
1897	15	#533
1898	20	#462
1899	20	#421
1900	49	#297
1901	27	#355
1902	21	#466
1903	20	#478
1904	44	#290
1905	59	#255
1906	44	#314
1907	54	#287
1908	67	#258
1909	68	#272
1910	73	#286
1911	79	#298
1912	146	#299
1913	145	#343
1914	194	#328
1915	242	#342
1916	270	#320
1917	289	#315
1918	362	#281
1919	439	#253
1920	528	#238
1921	517	#247
1922	561	#234
1923	606	#211
1924	662	#209
1925	722	#192
1926	713	#197
1927	727	#195
1928	775	#184
1929	767	#181
1930	753	#186
1931	630	#205
1932	635	#203
1933	514	#226
1934	537	#224
1935	500	#233
1936	470	#240
1937	509	#233
1938	473	#250
1939	459	#251
1940	463	#255
1941	449	#268
1942	535	#246
1943	560	#250
1944	559	#242
1945	663	#211
1946	701	#226
1947	757	#233
1948	845	#220
1949	784	#231
1950	783	#235
1951	820	#230
1952	810	#234
1953	842	#234
1954	791	#245
1955	841	#241
1956	825	#249
1957	856	#258
1958	864	#265
1959	920	#264
1960	914	#262
1961	972	#250
1962	1,043	#239
1963	994	#241
1964	1,076	#228
1965	1,014	#229
1966	1,108	#209
1967	1,141	#204
1968	1,227	#192
1969	1,403	#191
1970	1,482	#185
1971	1,583	#170
1972	1,611	#161
1973	1,739	#142
1974	1,945	#133
1975	1,924	#134
1976	2,039	#129
1977	2,044	#132
1978	2,074	#124
1979	2,364	#113
1980	2,700	#110
1981	2,758	#108
1982	2,625	#111
1983	2,510	#108
1984	2,513	#109
1985	2,686	#108
1986	2,597	#109
1987	2,790	#104
1988	2,928	#104
1989	3,291	#103
1990	4,132	#90
1991	4,602	#80
1992	4,821	#78
1993	4,682	#80
1994	4,916	#79
1995	4,908	#76
1996	5,114	#74
1997	5,164	#71
1998	5,218	#76
1999	5,571	#70
2000	5,682	#76
2001	6,425	#66
2002	6,370	#66
2003	6,162	#67
2004	6,471	#70
2005	6,381	#73
2006	6,459	#74
2007	6,222	#77
2008	5,758	#79
2009	5,386	#78
2010	4,454	#92
2011	4,168	#92
2012	3,783	#101
2013	3,673	#107
2014	3,523	#111
2015	3,180	#129
2016	3,079	#134
2017	2,749	#144
2018	2,643	#148
2019	2,541	#155
2020	2,296	#169
2021	2,269	#170
2022	2,258	#166
2023	2,110	#172
2024	2,210	#164