Mariajose
Feminine · “Mary and Joseph”
María José is a Spanish compound with a rule attached that surprises English speakers: María José is a girl and José María is a boy. The order decides, not the parts, and both pairings have been ordinary for centuries.
How old is the name Mariajose?
Mariajose first appears in US birth records in 1983 — 42 years ago. The typical Mariajose alive today was born around 2012, making them about 13 years old. About 2,500 people named Mariajose are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Mariajose most popular?
Mariajose peaked in 2010, reaching #1363 nationally. Today it ranks #2957, 1,594 places below that high. See the whole 2010 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Miriam to Mariajose
The story of Mariajose
Spanish and Portuguese Catholic naming pairs a saint with the Virgin constantly, and the convention is firm: the first name settles the sex of the child, so María José is a woman and José María a man, and both are entirely ordinary. The pair names the holy family's parents together. American record-keeping handles two-word first names badly, which is why Mariajose appears closed up on so many certificates — the closed spelling is an artifact of the paperwork rather than a choice about the name.
Meaningscholars disagree
Mary and Joseph
José is Spanish for Joseph, Hebrew Yosef, 'he will add' — a settled reading. María is the Spanish Mary, from Miriam, whose meaning has never been established: 'bitter', 'beloved' and an Egyptian source have all been argued. So one half is certain and the other is genuinely open, which is the usual position with compound Marian names.
How the name formed
- Miriam
- María
- María José
Related forms: María José · Maria José · Mariagiuseppa
Pronouncing Mariajose
mah-REE-ah ho-SEH
Five syllables in Spanish, with the stress on the second and again on the last. The J in José is a throat sound, not the English j. Americans often say it as two English names, which changes both halves.
Nicknames for Mariajose
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1983
- Most girls named
- 2010171 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1363reached in 2010
- Change vs 2024
- −40.4%56 in 2025, from 94
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.
Mariajose in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- María José in Spanish — spelling variant
- Maria José in Portuguese — same name
- Mariagiuseppa in Italian — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Arizona.
Mariajoses among us
people named Mariajose are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 28,701 born in 2025 was named Mariajose
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Lekisha test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Mariajose's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Lekisha climbed just as high around 1980, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Lekisha's path sketches the road Mariajose is walking now.
Mariajose 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
Where Mariajose is headed
Mariajose should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Mariajose beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Mariajose in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Majo is a ready and very widely used short form, which a long compound needs.
- Entirely ordinary across the Spanish-speaking world rather than unusual there.
- Both halves are among the most-given names in history.
- English-speaking forms will split the two words or run them together unpredictably.
- The Spanish J is a throat sound English does not have, so the second half will be mangled.
- Reversing the order makes it a man's name in Spanish, which surprises people who do not know.
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Frequently asked
- How many Mariajoses are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,500 people named Mariajose are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Mariajose in 2025?
- Mariajose ranks #2957 among US girl names in 2025, with 56 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Mariajose?
- About 1 in every 28,701 US girls born in 2025 was named Mariajose — 56 in all.
- Will my child share the name Mariajose with classmates?
- Mariajose will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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