Spanish form of Joseph, from Hebrew Yosef — god will add. The most common male name in the Spanish-speaking world for most of the twentieth century.
Jose ranks 95th among American boys in 2025, with 3,678 born that year. Its best year was 2002, when 12,916 babies were given the name, ranking 30th. The typical living American called Jose is about 33 years old today. It is relatively most common in New Mexico, where it accounts for 0.33% of births.
Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.