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Josedejesus

Masculine · “Joseph”

1974high 1991
#12008 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare5 boys in 2025

This is not one name but three words, and the records cannot hold the spaces. José de Jesús is a devotional compound of a kind Spanish has used for centuries: a saint's name, then a preposition, then the figure the child is entrusted to. Written properly it is three words and two of them are capitalized. Written by a statistical agency it is one long string.

How old is the name Josedejesus?

Josedejesus first appears in US birth records in 1974 — 51 years ago. The typical Josedejesus alive today was born around 1999, making them about 26 years old. About 700 people named Josedejesus are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Josedejesus most popular?

Josedejesus peaked in 1991, reaching #2227 nationally. Today it ranks #12008, 9,781 places below that high. See the whole 1991 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Josedejesus

Spanish Catholic naming built a whole family of these compounds — José de Jesús, María de Jesús, Juan de Dios, María del Carmen — and they function as single names, given whole and said whole. Mexico in particular has used José de Jesús steadily for generations, often shortened in daily life to Chuy, which is the standard affectionate form of Jesús and bears no visible relation to it whatsoever. What reaches American birth records is the compound with its spaces removed, which is why it looks in the data like an eleven-letter invention rather than one of the oldest naming formulas in the Spanish-speaking world.

Meaning

Joseph, of Jesus

José is the Spanish form of Joseph, Hebrew Yosef, meaning he will add — the name Rachel gives her son in Genesis while asking for another. Jesús is the Spanish form of Yeshua, the Lord saves. The de between them is not a surname particle here; it marks dedication, the child placed under a particular protection.

How the name formed

  1. Yosef
  2. Ioseph
  3. José
  4. José de Jesús

Related forms: José de Jesús · José de Jesus · Giuseppe

Pronouncing Josedejesus

ho-SEH deh heh-SOOS

Four beats, said as three words. Both js are throat sounds in Spanish, close to an English h. The name is never run together in speech, however the records write it.

Nicknames for Josedejesus

Moderate

ChuyThe standard Mexican short form of Jesús, used constantly and affectionately
JoséThe first element alone, a complete and very common name
PepeThe traditional Spanish short form of José, older and now somewhat regional
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

BOYS NAMED · 1974–20253216032519742025

US babies named Josedejesus per year from 1974 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#22271970s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1974
Most boys named
199132 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#2227reached in 1991
Change vs 2024
−16.7%5 in 2025, from 6
Josedejesus sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 1991, with 32 boys. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Josedejesus in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • José de Jesús in Spanish — same name
  • José de Jesus in Portuguese — same name
  • Giuseppe in Italian — related form

Strongest US states over the last decade: California.

Josedejesuss among us

700

people named Josedejesus are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 boy in 341,615 born in 2025 was named Josedejesus

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

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Is it right for you

The Lander test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Josedejesus's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Lander climbed just as high around 1949, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Lander's path sketches the road Josedejesus is walking now.

40%chance Josedejesus will feel dated by 2040
Josedejesus, aligned on its peakLander· peak 1949not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-30 yrs+70 yrsLander · #3887Josedejesus today
Josedejesus today is about where Lander stood in 1983 — 34 years past a #2225-sized peak. By 1998, Lander had settled around #5977.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Josedejesus sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Josedejesus beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Josedejesus in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Josedejesusthis name5#12008Garfield5#12008Chas5#12008Lew5#12008Barney5#12008

US boys given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • It is a traditional formula rather than a coinage, with centuries of continuous use behind it.
  • It carries two of the most recognizable names in the Christian world and a dedication between them.
  • Chuy and José are both ready as everyday names, and they sound nothing alike, which gives real range.
What to consider
  • American systems will mangle it — dropping the spaces, moving de to the surname field, or truncating it outright.
  • Outside Spanish-speaking settings the compound reads as unusually long and will be shortened by whoever is filling in the form.
  • The devotional element is legible to anyone who knows the tradition and invisible to everyone who does not.

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Frequently asked

How many Josedejesuss are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 700 people named Josedejesus are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How popular is the name Josedejesus in 2025?
Josedejesus ranks #12008 among US boy names in 2025, with 5 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Josedejesus?
About 1 in every 341,615 US boys born in 2025 was named Josedejesus — 5 in all.
Will my child share the name Josedejesus with classmates?
Josedejesus will almost certainly be the only one in school.

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