Jose

Meaning: God will add
Origin: Hebrew — Spanish form of Joseph

Boy's name · #95 in the US (2025) · 90s wave

Popularity over time

Jose reached its best rank, #28, in 2004 and ranked #95 in 2025. Roughly 593,000 boys have been named Jose since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

See where Jose is more common.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 42 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

Jose is especially popular in Ecuador.

#10 in Ecuador (2025) · #35 in Spain (2024) · #37 in Puerto Rico (2025) · #78 in Mexico (2024) · #458 in Switzerland (2025) · #509 in Ireland (2025) · #733 in France (2025) · #799 in Canada (2025) · #832 in Poland (2025) · #1,307 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,447 in Sweden (2025) · #2,649 in Austria (2025) and 6 more.

Famous Joses

José Saramago — Portuguese novelist (1922–2010)
José Mujica — President of Uruguay from 2010 to 2015 (1935–2025)
José Mourinho — Portuguese football manager (born 1963)
José Martí — Cuban national hero (1853–1895)
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero — Prime Minister of Spain from 2004 to 2011 (born 1960)
José Rizal — Filipino nationalist, writer, and polymath (1861–1896)
José Antonio Kast — President of Chile since 2026 (born 1966)
José de San Martín — Argentine general and leader (1778–1850)
José Ferrer — Puerto Rican actor and director (1912–1992)
José Ramos-Horta — 2nd and 5th President of East Timor, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1949)

In stories & tradition

José Carioca — Saludos Amigos (film)
José Luis Torrente — Torrente, the dumb arm of the law (film)
José Gaspar — Apocryphal Spanish pirate

What Joses become

Among 26,510 notable people named Jose:

Political leaders appear 1.94× more often than among typical names — e.g. José Mujica, President of Uruguay from 2010 to 2015 (1935–2025).

Similar names: Joseph · Nathan · Josiah · Kase · Juan · Jesus

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