Jos
Jos is a given name and nickname which may refer to:Jos van Aert, Dutch cyclist Jos Bax (1946–2020), Dutch footballer Jos Baxendell, English rugby union player Jos Beijnen, Dutch pharmacist Jos Brink (1942–2007), Dutch actor Joseph Jos Broeckx, Belgian sprint canoer Jocelyn Jos Burley, New Zealand female cricketer Joseph Jos Buttler, English cricketer Jozef Jos Chabert (1933–2014), Belgian…
- Dutch
Meaning & Origin of Jos
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Jos is a given name and nickname which may refer to:Jos van Aert, Dutch cyclist Jos Bax (1946–2020), Dutch footballer Jos Baxendell, English rugby union player Jos Beijnen, Dutch pharmacist Jos Brink (1942–2007), Dutch actor Joseph Jos Broeckx, Belgian sprint canoer Jocelyn Jos Burley, New Zealand female cricketer Joseph Jos Buttler, English cricketer Jozef Jos Chabert (1933–2014), Belgian…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Dutch
The Story of Jos
Jos first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1915, with 8 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2007: 9 births, good for #8,173 nationwide. The 2010s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 38% of all recorded Joss. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2021 (6 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 96 Joss have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Jos
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Names that sound like Jos
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About the name Jos
Jos is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1915 and has accumulated 96 births in the dataset. Jos's peak popularity came in 2007 when it ranked #8,173. Use the chart and map above to compare Jos's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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