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Jose
Pronounced /hoʊˈzeɪ/
Rank in 2024
#91
Born in 2024
3,768
Peak year
2002 · #30
Origin
Spanish
Also recorded for girls:6 in 2024 (#14,450)
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 3,768 boys were named Jose, about 1 in every 455.
- It peaked in 2002 with 12,868 babies, ranked #30.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 588,779 boys have been named Jose since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Jose per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 1.1Greatest1901–27
- 1.2Silent1928–45
- 1.6Boomers1946–64
- 3.6Gen X1965–80
- 5.3Millennials1981–96
- 5.5Gen Z1997–12
- 2.5Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 18,350 babies, 1.10 per 1,000. Silent: 23,925 babies, 1.16 per 1,000. Boomers: 59,578 babies, 1.59 per 1,000. Gen X: 97,262 babies, 3.57 per 1,000. Millennials: 160,902 babies, 5.29 per 1,000. Gen Z: 172,701 babies, 5.50 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 54,043 babies, 2.49 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Spanish/Portuguese José, from Hebrew. Doublet of Joseph. ==== Proper noun ==== Jose A male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Joseph, an anglicized spelling of Spanish José and Portuguese José. A surname transferred from the given name, derived from the given name. ===== Usage notes ===== Common in Kerala, southwestern India, an area of Portuguese and Christian influence. ===== Alternative forms ===== José ===== Derived terms ===== no way Jose San Jose
- A male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Joseph, an anglicized spelling of Spanish José and Portuguese José.
- A surname transferred from the given name, derived from the given name.
- A female given name.
- A diminutive of the female given name Josephine.
- Origin
- Spanish
- Say it
- /hoʊˈzeɪ/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Jose, CC BY-SA 4.0.