Jose

maleStatistical record

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

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

Jose: Recorded since 1945, it reached #180 in 1967, and it stood at #1,199 in 2024.

4registrars recorded it
96times a registrar ranked it
80years from first to last
#180highest recorded position
21groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2008

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#3824
2008	#4524

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 59 of the 71 years from 1945 to 2015.

In 2021: #755 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #963 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1945–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #302 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2015
Highest recorded position: #180 among boys in Norway, in 1967 (recorded 1945–2015).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1199 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Jose appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 59 years beginning in 1945, and has registered 907 births with the name.

Jose across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Jose's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#302 (1945)	#180 (1967)	#491 (2015)	59 of 71	907 (1945–2015)	32 (1967)
England and Wales · Boys	#680 (1996)	#434 (2005)	#1199 (2024)	29 of 29	939 (1996–2024)	66 (2005)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#629 (2007)	#529 (2008)	#755 (2021)	5 of 15	19 (2007–2021)	5 (2008)
England and Wales · Girls	#3824 (1997)	#3824 (1997)	#4524 (2008)	2 of 12	7 (1997–2008)	4 (2008)

Jose by decade in Norway · 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 Jose in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	37	4 of 10	9
1950s	103	10 of 10	10
1960s	222	10 of 10	22
1970sbusiest	240	10 of 10	24
1980s	192	10 of 10	19
1990s	87	10 of 10	9
2000s	21	4 of 10	5
2010s	5	1 of 10	5

Across Norway · Boys, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 24 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Jose appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1945 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #180 in Norway in 1967.

Jose'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	#1199	23	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#874	36	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#844	37	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#963	31	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1019	27	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1030	27	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#870	35	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#968	31	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#884	35	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#833	37	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#889	33	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#954	30	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#885	34	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#878	33	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#792	37	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#809	35	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#728	40	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#799	33	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#624	45	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#434	66	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#566	45	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#710	30	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#722	26	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#751	23	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#731	24	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#840	19	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#850	18	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#629	26	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#680	23	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#341	3	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#491	5	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#502	5	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#534	4	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#439	6	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#456	6	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#558	4	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#511	5	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#361	10	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#436	7	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#455	7	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#395	9	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#462	7	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#324	14	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#395	10	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#335	14	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#296	16	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#311	15	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#285	17	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#310	16	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#282	18	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#230	24	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#281	18	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#272	19	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#222	23	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#221	26	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#221	26	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#235	23	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#224	24	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#215	26	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#233	22	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#225	25	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#253	20	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#223	25	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#218	25	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#219	24	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#270	16	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#243	18	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#180	32	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#189	29	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#209	23	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#203	22	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#243	17	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#188	24	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#202	21	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#202	20	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#315	9	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#292	10	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#246	13	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#305	9	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#257	11	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#279	9	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#250	11	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#229	13	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#294	8	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#263	10	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#263	10	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#298	8	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#245	12	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#302	7	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#755	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#610	4	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#611	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#529	5	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#629	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1945 and 2024, ranked in 79 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #180, first reached in 1967.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 66 births, registered in England and Wales in 2005.

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

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 62 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

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.

Jos · #1004, 27y
Joscelyn · #2152, 17y
Josef · #189, 70y
Josefine · #24, 45y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, 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.

Mustafa · #165, 78y
Konrad · #122, 76y
Sylvia · #111, 81y
Vivian · #110, 81y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Ann-Mari · #179, 47y
Åsa · #179, 73y
Brede · #181, 79y
Eivor · #181, 56y

Jose was ranked #180 in Norway · Boys in 1967. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Jose 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 Jose without appearing here.

Jose moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2003 they stood at #710 and #695 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #566 and #1347.
Ross Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1030 and #894 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #1019 and #1723.
Wayne Compare
In 2010 they stood at #792 and #678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #878 and #1303.
Glenn Compare
In 2002 they stood at #722 and #633 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #710 and #1132.

Moved ahead of Jose

Oskar Compare
In 1997 they stood at #629 and #759 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #850 and #502.
Jonas Compare
In 2006 they stood at #624 and #663 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #799 and #476.
Cooper Compare
In 2006 they stood at #624 and #677 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #799 and #509.
Hudson Compare
In 2006 they stood at #624 and #885 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #799 and #538.

Moved the opposite way to Jose

Andreas Compare
Between 1945 and 2015 in Norway · Boys, Jose went from #302 to #491 while Andreas went from #140 to #42.
Christian Compare
Between 1945 and 2015 in Norway · Boys, Jose went from #302 to #491 while Christian went from #161 to #80.
Daniel Compare
Between 1945 and 2015 in Norway · Boys, Jose went from #302 to #491 while Daniel went from #280 to #12.
David Compare
Between 1945 and 2015 in Norway · Boys, Jose went from #302 to #491 while David went from #167 to #57.

Moved the same way as Jose

Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 2015 in Norway · Boys, Jose went from #302 to #491 and Arne from #6 to #251.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1945 and 2015 in Norway · Boys, Jose went from #302 to #491 and Bjørn from #3 to #158.
Dag Compare
Between 1945 and 2015 in Norway · Boys, Jose went from #302 to #491 and Dag from #48 to #516.
Egil Compare
Between 1945 and 2015 in Norway · Boys, Jose went from #302 to #491 and Egil from #25 to #381.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

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.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1945 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #180 in Norway in 1967. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Jose

Jose at a glance

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Popularity journey

Jose across 4 official records

Jose by decade in Norway · Boys

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Jose across 4 official records

Jose by decade in Norway · Boys

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Jose moved ahead of

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