Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Jos

#15,817 most common boys' name of all time · #41,151 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1915–2021

Rank among boys
#15,817
Rank overall
#41,151 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
15 of 146
All-time
96
Since 2016
37
Peak year
2017 #8,218
Best rank
#3,056 1915
Girls Boys peak 9/yr
192019401960198020002020

Jos first appears in 1915. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2021 — 6 6 #10,924
2019 — 9 9 #8,278
2018 — 7 7 #9,769
2017 — 9 9 #8,218
2016 — 6 6 #10,869
2013 — 5 5 #12,276
2009 — 5 5 #12,656
2008 — 5 5 #12,718
2007 — 9 9 #8,265
2006 — 5 5 #12,215
2005 — 6 6 #10,270
1990 — 5 5 #8,331
1961 — 6 6 #3,833
1917 — 5 5 #4,291
1915 — 8 8 #3,056