How popular is “Jesus” in the USA?

Number of people named “Jesus” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Jesus” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Jesus” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Jesus” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Jesus” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Jesus” by birth year

This chart shows how “Jesus” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year	Count	Proportion	Females	Males	Bias toward female
1880	18	0.000089337		18	-100%
1881	8	0.000041518		8	-100%
1882	14	0.000063196		14	-100%
1883	12	0.000055313		12	-100%
1884	11	0.000045182		11	-100%
1885	14	0.000058127		14	-100%
1886	12	0.000047001		12	-100%
1887	15	0.000060633		15	-100%
1888	20	0.000066784		20	-100%
1889	9	0.000031148		9	-100%
1890	9	0.000029861		9	-100%
1891	5	0.000017441		5	-100%
1892	11	0.000032897		11	-100%
1893	11	0.000033823		11	-100%
1894	13	0.000038383		13	-100%
1895	17	0.00004843		17	-100%
1896	21	0.000058744		21	-100%
1897	15	0.000043233		15	-100%
1898	20	0.000052431		20	-100%
1899	20	0.000058956		20	-100%
1900	49	0.000108826		49	-100%
1901	27	0.000078077		27	-100%
1902	21	0.000054301		21	-100%
1903	20	0.000052466		20	-100%
1904	44	0.00010905		44	-100%
1905	59	0.000139177		59	-100%
1906	44	0.000102696		44	-100%
1907	59	0.000126775	5	54	-83%
1908	67	0.000137113		67	-100%
1909	74	0.000144751	6	68	-84%
1910	79	0.000133737	6	73	-85%
1911	85	0.000131931	6	79	-86%
1912	146	0.000147764		146	-100%
1913	154	0.000135431	9	145	-88%
1914	200	0.000141209	6	194	-94%
1915	253	0.000138068	11	242	-91%
1916	286	0.000147848	16	270	-89%
1917	306	0.000152485	17	289	-89%
1918	378	0.000174104	16	362	-92%
1919	454	0.000215141	15	439	-93%
1920	554	0.000244846	26	528	-91%
1921	538	0.000230456	21	517	-92%
1922	585	0.000255553	24	561	-92%
1923	639	0.000277527	33	606	-90%
1924	685	0.000287621	23	662	-93%
1925	756	0.000324004	34	722	-91%
1926	742	0.000323184	29	713	-92%
1927	754	0.00032509	27	727	-93%
1928	807	0.000356932	32	775	-92%
1929	799	0.000364481	32	767	-92%
1930	787	0.00035398	34	753	-91%
1931	654	0.000310779	24	630	-93%
1932	648	0.000306921	13	635	-96%
1933	530	0.000265073	16	514	-94%
1934	552	0.000265791	15	537	-95%
1935	515	0.000246423	15	500	-94%
1936	484	0.000232964	14	470	-94%
1937	529	0.000248279	20	509	-92%
1938	485	0.000219202	12	473	-95%
1939	476	0.000216026	17	459	-93%
1940	473	0.000205412	10	463	-96%
1941	464	0.000190443	15	449	-94%
1942	547	0.000200233	12	535	-96%
1943	568	0.000201236	8	560	-97%
1944	566	0.000210403	7	559	-98%
1945	679	0.000255945	16	663	-95%
1946	721	0.000225643	20	701	-94%
1947	768	0.000213196	11	757	-97%
1948	869	0.0002517	24	845	-94%
1949	801	0.000229857	17	784	-96%
1950	794	0.00022664	11	783	-97%
1951	834	0.0002264	14	820	-97%
1952	830	0.000218536	20	810	-95%
1953	858	0.000222646	16	842	-96%
1954	802	0.000201472	11	791	-97%
1955	849	0.000211453	8	841	-98%
1956	837	0.000203006	12	825	-97%
1957	868	0.000206561	12	856	-97%
1958	880	0.000212874	16	864	-96%
1959	938	0.00022559	18	920	-96%
1960	925	0.000222687	11	914	-98%
1961	989	0.000238756	17	972	-97%
1962	1052	0.000260695	9	1043	-98%
1963	1006	0.000254156	12	994	-98%
1964	1093	0.00028115	17	1076	-97%
1965	1024	0.000282448	10	1014	-98%
1966	1125	0.00032368	17	1108	-97%
1967	1156	0.000340511	15	1141	-97%
1968	1244	0.00036822	17	1227	-97%
1969	1420	0.000408595	17	1403	-98%
1970	1511	0.000418964	29	1482	-96%
1971	1602	0.000466735	19	1583	-98%
1972	1639	0.000521477	28	1611	-97%
1973	1776	0.000588686	37	1739	-96%
1974	1973	0.000649013	28	1945	-97%
1975	1973	0.000653442	49	1924	-95%
1976	2085	0.000687144	46	2039	-96%
1977	2081	0.000655125	37	2044	-96%
1978	2115	0.000666379	41	2074	-96%
1979	2401	0.000721671	37	2364	-97%
1980	2741	0.00079576	41	2700	-97%
1981	2802	0.000809973	44	2758	-97%
1982	2681	0.000764261	56	2625	-96%
1983	2553	0.00073715	43	2510	-97%
1984	2551	0.000731206	38	2513	-97%
1985	2732	0.000765457	46	2686	-97%
1986	2635	0.000740777	38	2597	-97%
1987	2825	0.0007835	35	2790	-98%
1988	2977	0.000805674	49	2928	-97%
1989	3344	0.000869826	53	3291	-97%
1990	4191	0.001060347	59	4132	-97%
1991	4657	0.001195554	55	4602	-98%
1992	4883	0.001271193	62	4821	-97%
1993	4745	0.001258528	63	4682	-97%
1994	4970	0.001336865	54	4916	-98%
1995	4960	0.001354394	52	4908	-98%
1996	5149	0.00141177	35	5114	-99%
1997	5194	0.001432532	30	5164	-99%
1998	5271	0.001433035	53	5218	-98%
1999	5614	0.001519816	43	5571	-98%
2000	5712	0.001511149	30	5682	-99%
2001	6459	0.001725441	34	6425	-99%
2002	6410	0.001714687	40	6370	-99%
2003	6203	0.001631373	41	6162	-99%
2004	6507	0.001702992	36	6471	-99%
2005	6407	0.001666387	26	6381	-99%
2006	6480	0.00163794	21	6459	-99%
2007	6240	0.001560904	18	6222	-99%
2008	5782	0.001470998	24	5758	-99%
2009	5396	0.001412501	10	5386	-100%
2010	4467	0.001208689	13	4454	-99%
2011	4176	0.001141672	8	4168	-100%
2012	3795	0.001037632	12	3783	-99%
2013	3688	0.001011612	15	3673	-99%
2014	3534	0.000953492	11	3523	-99%
2015	3190	0.00086195	10	3180	-99%
2016	3087	0.000841443	8	3079	-99%
2017	2755	0.000770372	6	2749	-100%
2018	2648	0.000753151	5	2643	-100%
2019	2546	0.00073352	5	2541	-100%
2020	2296	0.000687306		2296	-100%
2021	2275	0.000671498	6	2269	-99%
2022	2258	0.000667428		2258	-100%
2023	2116	0.000639044	6	2110	-99%
2024	2210	0.000663963		2210	-100%

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