# Jos (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jos/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 96 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 96 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 270, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1915 | 8 | 2,951 |
| 1917 | 5 | 4,276 |
| 1961 | 6 | 3,837 |
| 1990 | 5 | 8,768 |
| 2005 | 6 | 10,736 |
| 2006 | 5 | 12,965 |
| 2007 | 9 | 8,546 |
| 2008 | 5 | 13,518 |
| 2009 | 5 | 13,411 |
| 2013 | 5 | 13,044 |
| 2016 | 6 | 11,383 |
| 2017 | 9 | 8,482 |
| 2018 | 7 | 10,161 |
| 2019 | 9 | 8,506 |
| 2021 | 6 | 11,396 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 4 | 3,865 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2013 | 6 | 2,954 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2015 | 7 | 2,707 |
| 2016 | 12 | 1,903 |
| 2017 | 7 | 2,734 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,445 |
| 2019 | 18 | 1,369 |
| 2020 | 16 | 1,492 |
| 2021 | 29 | 1,004 |
| 2022 | 21 | 1,268 |
| 2023 | 15 | 1,610 |
| 2024 | 21 | 1,282 |
| 2025 | 15 | 1,705 |

## People named Jos

- Jos Verstappen, Dutch racing driver
- Jos Luhukay, Dutch footballer and manager
- Jos Buttler, English cricketer
- Jos Hooiveld, Dutch footballer
- Jos van Emden, Dutch road bicycle racer
- Joseph Vissers, Belgian boxer (1928-2006)
- Jos Stelling, Dutch film director and screenwriter (born 1945)
- Jos Lansink, equestrian
- Jos Huysmans, Belgian road bicycle racer (1941–2012)
- Jos Daerden, Belgian association football player
- Jos Hoevenaers, Belgian cyclist (1932–1995)
- Jos Heyligen, Belgian footballer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.