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Jesus

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

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

Jesus has appeared in US records since 1880 — best rank #66 (2001) · 244,281 babies named Jesus all-time · 1 in 820 boys born in 2025.

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)
• Jesus Nogueiras — chess player
• Jesus Tuquib — Catholic archbishop
• Jesus Varela — Filipino bishop (1927–2018)
• Jesus ben Ananias — Farmer before the First Jewish-Roman War

In stories & tradition

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

What Jesuses become

Among 345 notable people named Jesus:

Athletes appear 1.59× more often than among typical names — e.g. Jesus Nogueiras, chess player.

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