Jesus
Top 1000
About Jesus
Jesus -- pronounced hay-SOOS -- is used exclusively and extensively among Spanish speakers, though JEE-zus as in the first name of Christ is never used in the Anglophone world. Jesus Quintana was a character in The Big Lebowski and Jesus Velasquez appeared on True Blood.
Pronounced hay-SOOS.
As of October 2026, Jesus ranked #173 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #66 in 2001.
Editor: Sophie Kihm
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #111 | 3,523 | 1,834.1 |
| 2015 | #129 | 3,180 | 1,659.1 |
| 2016 | #134 | 3,079 | 1,622.5 |
| 2017 | #144 | 2,749 | 1,485.2 |
| 2018 | #148 | 2,643 | 1,455.3 |
| 2019 | #155 | 2,541 | 1,416.2 |
| 2020 | #169 | 2,296 | 1,330.2 |
| 2021 | #170 | 2,269 | 1,297 |
| 2022 | #166 | 2,258 | 1,293.2 |
| 2023 | #172 | 2,110 | 1,233.5 |
| 2024 | #164 | 2,210 | 1,282.7 |
| 2025 | #173 | 2,078 | 1,216.6 |
World rankings
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Jesus on lists
Famous Jesuss
- Jesus Christ
the son of God in Christianity
- Jesús Navas
Spanish footballer
- Jesús Manuel Corona
Mexican footballer
- Jesús Vallejo
Spanish footballer
- Jesús Alejandro Montero
Venezuelan baseball player
- Jesús "Jess" Franco
Spanish film director
- J. Jesús Blancornelas
Mexican journalist
- Jesús Ángel García Bragado
Spanish race walker
- Jesús Huerta de Soto
Spanish economist
- Jesús Gámez
Spanish footballer
- Jesús Mosterín
Spanish philosopher
- Jesús Malverde (possibly born Jesús Juarez Mazo)
Mexican folk hero
- Jesus Luz
Brazilian male model
Jesus in pop culture
- Jesus Christ
the son of God in Christianity
- Jesus Quintana
character in the film "The Big Lebowski"
- Jesus Gutierrez; later Jesus Adams Foster
character on the TV show "The Fosters"
- Jesus Velasquez
character in the TV show "True Blood"
- Jesus "Soos" Ramirez
a main character in the Disney XD cartoon "Gravity Falls"
- Jesus
a character on "The Walking Dead"
- Jesus Jones
British rock band