Joesph

Last seen for girls in 1968 at #5,642 · #7,194 for boys in 2025, 11 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
1955 · 305 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
15,650
since 1881

Joesph over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Joesph has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201914peak #419, 1955boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#7,19411
2024#6,19914
2023#5,47017
2022#5,63316
2021#5,11018
2020#4,14124
2019#5,55516
2018#5,10618
2017#4,93519
2016#3,77628
2015#3,98226
2014#3,09036
2013#2,95538
2012#2,29256
2011#2,62646
2010#2,10064
2009#1,94273
2008#2,18661
2007#1,89075
2006#1,68484
2005#1,59586
2004#1,70175
2003#1,73970
2002#1,68270
2001#1,48182
2000#1,51479
1999#1,35688
1998#1,39283
1997#1,42376
1996#1,33481
1995#1,15998
1994#1,30380
1993#1,18589
1992#1,14293
1991#1,083101
1990#1,08696
1989#907125
1988#725169
1987#720161
1986#698170
1985#619200
1984#573219
1983#580212
1982#545250
1981#526256
1980#543250
1979#532254
1978#510256
1977#506261
1976#508248
1975#509246
1974#544217
1973#547206
1972#549211
1971#558211
1970#537227
1969#582179
1968#5,6427#559184
1967#555181
1966#6,5645#521213
1965#513220
1964#483266
1963#484272
1962#495257
1961#479278
1960#488263
1959#497249
1958#471281
1957#435320
1956#465262
1955#419305
1954#432279
1953#456247
1952#480212
1951#477201
1950#487191
1949#496177
1948#510166
1947#504177
1946#567128
1945#599102
1944#551120
1943#562127
1942#598110
1941#564114
1940#576106
1939#57499
1938#67280
1937#61988
1936#62886
1935#61890
1934#65784
1933#65779
1932#60096
1931#582101
1930#591104
1929#532121
1928#542127
1927#536131
1926#521134
1925#559122
1924#563126
1923#554125
1922#583121
1921#592115
1920#580115
1919#587104
1918#556117
1917#577105
1916#60094
1915#62985
1914#56977
1913#58656
1912#73534
1911#73219
1910#72917
1909#95110
1908
1907#86610
1906#75211
1905
1904#76010
1903#8468
1902#9337
1901#9436
1900#57818
1899#7868
1898#8857
1897
1896#1,1015
1895#7389
1894
1893#9076
1892#64111
1891#9635
1890#9945
1889#8786
1888#1,0315
1887#8196
1886
1885
1884#61310
1883
1882#7547
1881#8665
1880
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five boys were named Joesph! It came in at #866, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1883, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

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Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 995 spots since 2024 (#6,199#7,194)
  • 3,053 spots since 2020 (#4,141#7,194)
  • 3,212 spots since 2015 (#3,982#7,194)
  • Biggest jump: 322 spots in 1892 (#963#641)
  • Biggest drop: 365 spots in 1901 (#578#943)
Rise & fade · boys
74 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1955 at #419 (305 births)
  • Births halved by 1989, 34 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 100 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 100 yrs · run 1909–1989
Share of babies · boys
1 in 6,296
  • Highest: 1 in 6,296 boys born in 1977 were named Joesph (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 155,280 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #419 in 1955, was only 1 in 6,754 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 16.3% of all boys named Joesph (2,547) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s39#613 (1884)#827
1890s56#641 (1892)#877
1900s80#578 (1900)#829
1910s708#556 (1918)#630
1920s1,237#521 (1926)#556
1930s907#574 (1939)#620
1940s1,327#496 (1949)#553
1950s2,547#419 (1955)#462
1960s2,313#479 (1961)#516
1970s2,337#506 (1977)#530
1980s2,012#526 (1981)#644
1990s885#1,083 (1991)#1,246
2000s755#1,481 (2001)#1,741
2010s347#2,100 (2010)#3,642
2020s100#4,141 (2020)#5,625

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Joesph in 1914

boys
#569
77 births · 1 in 8,503 boys

Top boys' names in 1914

  1. #1John37,947
  2. #2William29,753
  3. #3James26,262
  4. #4Robert21,188
  5. #5Joseph18,829
  6. #6George17,602
  7. #7Charles16,937
  8. #8Edward12,319
  9. #9Frank12,002
  10. #10Walter8,962
  11. #569Joesph77
More about 1914

boys

654,762 boys got a published name in 1914; 1 in 8,503 of them was named Joesph, which outranked 84.9% of the 3,759 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Joesph
  1. #562Lacy79
  2. #567Domenic78
  3. #567Napoleon78
  4. #569Joesph77
  5. #569Frances77
  6. #569Haywood77
  7. #569Jewell77
  8. #577Arther76
  9. #577Enoch76
  10. #579Clare75

Tied with 7 names at #569; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1913
Risers
  1. 817Gilmore#1,803#986
  2. 647Santos#1,580#933
  3. 546Lorenza#1,365#819
  4. 534Bobby#1,441#907
  5. 534Gino#1,441#907
Fallers
  1. 918Bernardo#950#1,868
  2. 692Eston#995#1,687
  3. 692Rolf#995#1,687
  4. 613Orson#995#1,608
  5. 458West#930#1,388

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1914