Jos

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Jos: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Jos: Recorded since 1997, it reached #1,004 in 2021, and it stood at #1,282 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#1004highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2022
1998	#1642
1999	#2097
2000	#1889
2001	#1595
2002	#1799
2003	#1771
2004	#1732
2005	#1534
2006	#2870
2007	#3095
2008	#3687
2009	#3744
2010	#3865
2012	#4805
2013	#2954
2014	#4632
2015	#2707
2016	#1903
2017	#2734
2018	#2445
2019	#1369
2020	#1492
2021	#1004
2022	#1268
2023	#1610
2024	#1282

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 27 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #2022 among boys in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #1004 among boys in England and Wales, in 2021 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1282 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Jos by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Jos in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	17	3 of 10	6
2000s	68	10 of 10	7
2010s	68	9 of 10	8
2020sbusiest	102	5 of 10	20

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 20 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Jos appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1004 in England and Wales in 2021.

Jos's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1282	21	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1610	15	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1268	21	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1004	29	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1492	16	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1369	18	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2445	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2734	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1903	12	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2707	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#4632	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2954	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#4805	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3865	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3744	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3687	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3095	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2870	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1534	12	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1732	9	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1771	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1799	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1595	8	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1889	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2097	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1642	7	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2022	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1997 and 2024, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,004, first reached in 2021.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 29 births, registered in England and Wales in 2021.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
14 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#1,282position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
29births registered in its largest year, 202125 to 49 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Eleanore · #1005, 23y
Aima · #1006, 26y
Alizah · #1002, 22y
Gwilym · #1002, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Eleanore · #1005, 23y
Aima · #1006, 26y
Gwilym · #1002, 29y
Pandora · #1006, 29y

Jos and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Jos without appearing here.

Jos moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1610 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1282 and #5119.
Nils Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2707 and #2319 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #1903 and #4810.
Anders Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2445 and #2259 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #1369 and #3937.
Brooke Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4632 and #4632 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #2734 and #4812.

Moved ahead of Jos

Kasper Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1534 and #1617 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #2870 and #1168.
Arlo Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1595 and #1949 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1799 and #848.
Mathias Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1534 and #1617 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #2870 and #2087.
Filip Compare
In 1998 they stood at #1642 and #2901 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #2097 and #1664.

Moved the same way as Jos

Aksel Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Jos went from #2870 to #1282 and Aksel from #4052 to #1132.
Matheo Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Jos went from #3095 to #1282 and Matheo from #4333 to #1517.
Ashleigh Compare
Between 1997 and 2009 in England and Wales · Boys, Jos went from #2022 to #3744 and Ashleigh from #471 to #3227.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1004 in England and Wales in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Jos

Jos at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Jos by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Jos appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Jos and the names beside it

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Jos at a glance

Jos by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Jos appears in

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Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Jos and the names beside it

Jos moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Jos

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