Jesus
Jesus stands at #173 nationally in 2025, as settled as a name gets. Its record runs from 1880 through a 2004 peak, 244,281 children in all.
Jesus’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Jesus, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Jesus since 1880
Jesus peaked in 2004 at #70; #173 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Jesus is most common
The state that gives Jesus most often, per boys born there, is Arizona (0.47% in 2025); New Mexico and Texas are close behind.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Jesus
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Jayce
#167 in 2025
Jaxson
#156 in 2025
Jude
#155 in 2025 · Hebrew
Jordan
#131 in 2025 · Hebrew
Julia
#131 in 2025 · Latin
Jonah
#128 in 2025 · Hebrew
Jaxon
#115 in 2025
Jace
#114 in 2025
Browse: names starting with J · all names
About Jesus
Where does Jesus rank right now?
Jesus stands at #173 nationally in 2025, as settled as a name gets. Every point on the chart is the SSA's own count, back to 1880.
What is the recorded meaning of Jesus?
The public-domain references we cite do not record a meaning for Jesus, so this page does not invent one.
What names go with Jesus?
On origin, era, syllables and first letter, Jayce sits closest, with Jaxson and Jude just behind. Give the matcher the names already in the house and it scores the whole top thousand against them.
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