Jesus

“The Lord saves” — Hebrew via Greek and Latin origin

Boy's name · #173 in the US (2025) · 2000s

Jesus reached #66 in 2001 and has eased to #173 since. About 244,000 boys have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records. Its center of gravity has moved: strongest in the South in the 1940s and 1950s, strongest in the West today.

Around the world: #56 in Spain (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 40 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Jesuses

Jesus Christ — central figure of Christianity (c. 6 or 4 BC – AD 30 or 33)
Jesús Navas — Spanish association football player
Jesús Castillo — Peruvian association football player
Jesús Vallejo — Spanish association football player
Jesús Franco — Spanish film director (1930–2013)

In stories & tradition

Jesus Justus — Epistle to the Colossians
Jesus — South Park
Jesus the Splendor — deity

What Jesuses become

Among 2,969 notable people named Jesus:

Political leaders appear 1.82× more often than among typical names — e.g. Jesús Gil, Spanish politician (1933-2004).

Similar names: Yeshua · Miguel · Jesse · Juan · Luis · Carlos

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