Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Jose

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Jose
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2002

Peak rank proxy

12,868

Current vitality

Healthy

Generation

Gen Z

1880Peak 20022024

Peak year

2002

Decline from peak

70.7%

2024

3,768

All-time

588,779

Jose has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2002, when 12,868 boys were named Jose.

In 2024, only 3,768 boys were given the name.

Down 70.7% from its peak.

All told, about 588,779 Americans have been named Jose and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreMainstream

AssociationGen Z

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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