Jose, in Spanish and Portuguese written José, is the form of Joseph used across Latin America and goes back to the Hebrew Yosef, "he will add" or "God will increase". As the name of Saint Joseph, the husband of Mary, it has been the most common boys' name in the Spanish-speaking world for centuries. Jose ranked number 34 in 2000 and number 28 in 2004, has stayed in the US top 100 every year this century and is number 95 in 2025.