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
- Peak · boys
- 1955 · 305 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 15,650since 1881
Joesph over time
Rank among boys' names. Joesph has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #7,194 | 11 | |
| 2024 | — | #6,199 | 14 | |
| 2023 | — | #5,470 | 17 | |
| 2022 | — | #5,633 | 16 | |
| 2021 | — | #5,110 | 18 | |
| 2020 | — | #4,141 | 24 | |
| 2019 | — | #5,555 | 16 | |
| 2018 | — | #5,106 | 18 | |
| 2017 | — | #4,935 | 19 | |
| 2016 | — | #3,776 | 28 | |
| 2015 | — | #3,982 | 26 | |
| 2014 | — | #3,090 | 36 | |
| 2013 | — | #2,955 | 38 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,292 | 56 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,626 | 46 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,100 | 64 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,942 | 73 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,186 | 61 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,890 | 75 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,684 | 84 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,595 | 86 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,701 | 75 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,739 | 70 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,682 | 70 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,481 | 82 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,514 | 79 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,356 | 88 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,392 | 83 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,423 | 76 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,334 | 81 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,159 | 98 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,303 | 80 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,185 | 89 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,142 | 93 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,083 | 101 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,086 | 96 | |
| 1989 | — | #907 | 125 | |
| 1988 | — | #725 | 169 | |
| 1987 | — | #720 | 161 | |
| 1986 | — | #698 | 170 | |
| 1985 | — | #619 | 200 | |
| 1984 | — | #573 | 219 | |
| 1983 | — | #580 | 212 | |
| 1982 | — | #545 | 250 | |
| 1981 | — | #526 | 256 | |
| 1980 | — | #543 | 250 | |
| 1979 | — | #532 | 254 | |
| 1978 | — | #510 | 256 | |
| 1977 | — | #506 | 261 | |
| 1976 | — | #508 | 248 | |
| 1975 | — | #509 | 246 | |
| 1974 | — | #544 | 217 | |
| 1973 | — | #547 | 206 | |
| 1972 | — | #549 | 211 | |
| 1971 | — | #558 | 211 | |
| 1970 | — | #537 | 227 | |
| 1969 | — | #582 | 179 | |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 | #559 | 184 |
| 1967 | — | #555 | 181 | |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 | #521 | 213 |
| 1965 | — | #513 | 220 | |
| 1964 | — | #483 | 266 | |
| 1963 | — | #484 | 272 | |
| 1962 | — | #495 | 257 | |
| 1961 | — | #479 | 278 | |
| 1960 | — | #488 | 263 | |
| 1959 | — | #497 | 249 | |
| 1958 | — | #471 | 281 | |
| 1957 | — | #435 | 320 | |
| 1956 | — | #465 | 262 | |
| 1955 | — | #419 | 305 | |
| 1954 | — | #432 | 279 | |
| 1953 | — | #456 | 247 | |
| 1952 | — | #480 | 212 | |
| 1951 | — | #477 | 201 | |
| 1950 | — | #487 | 191 | |
| 1949 | — | #496 | 177 | |
| 1948 | — | #510 | 166 | |
| 1947 | — | #504 | 177 | |
| 1946 | — | #567 | 128 | |
| 1945 | — | #599 | 102 | |
| 1944 | — | #551 | 120 | |
| 1943 | — | #562 | 127 | |
| 1942 | — | #598 | 110 | |
| 1941 | — | #564 | 114 | |
| 1940 | — | #576 | 106 | |
| 1939 | — | #574 | 99 | |
| 1938 | — | #672 | 80 | |
| 1937 | — | #619 | 88 | |
| 1936 | — | #628 | 86 | |
| 1935 | — | #618 | 90 | |
| 1934 | — | #657 | 84 | |
| 1933 | — | #657 | 79 | |
| 1932 | — | #600 | 96 | |
| 1931 | — | #582 | 101 | |
| 1930 | — | #591 | 104 | |
| 1929 | — | #532 | 121 | |
| 1928 | — | #542 | 127 | |
| 1927 | — | #536 | 131 | |
| 1926 | — | #521 | 134 | |
| 1925 | — | #559 | 122 | |
| 1924 | — | #563 | 126 | |
| 1923 | — | #554 | 125 | |
| 1922 | — | #583 | 121 | |
| 1921 | — | #592 | 115 | |
| 1920 | — | #580 | 115 | |
| 1919 | — | #587 | 104 | |
| 1918 | — | #556 | 117 | |
| 1917 | — | #577 | 105 | |
| 1916 | — | #600 | 94 | |
| 1915 | — | #629 | 85 | |
| 1914 | — | #569 | 77 | |
| 1913 | — | #586 | 56 | |
| 1912 | — | #735 | 34 | |
| 1911 | — | #732 | 19 | |
| 1910 | — | #729 | 17 | |
| 1909 | — | #951 | 10 | |
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | #866 | 10 | |
| 1906 | — | #752 | 11 | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | #760 | 10 | |
| 1903 | — | #846 | 8 | |
| 1902 | — | #933 | 7 | |
| 1901 | — | #943 | 6 | |
| 1900 | — | #578 | 18 | |
| 1899 | — | #786 | 8 | |
| 1898 | — | #885 | 7 | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | #1,101 | 5 | |
| 1895 | — | #738 | 9 | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | #907 | 6 | |
| 1892 | — | #641 | 11 | |
| 1891 | — | #963 | 5 | |
| 1890 | — | #994 | 5 | |
| 1889 | — | #878 | 6 | |
| 1888 | — | #1,031 | 5 | |
| 1887 | — | #819 | 6 | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | #613 | 10 | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | #754 | 7 | |
| 1881 | — | #866 | 5 | |
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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.
Where Joesph is popular in 1968
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Iowa#261 · 1 in 2,818
- Wisconsin#299 · 1 in 4,432
- Maryland#339 · 1 in 4,623
- Ohio#354 · 1 in 5,311
- Kentucky#360 · 1 in 5,424
Best ever in a state: #142 in Rhode Island, 1958.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | #261 | 8 | 1 in 2,818 |
| Wisconsin | #299 | 8 | 1 in 4,432 |
| Maryland | #339 | 6 | 1 in 4,623 |
| Ohio | #354 | 17 | 1 in 5,311 |
| Kentucky | #360 | 5 | 1 in 5,424 |
| Michigan | #379 | 14 | 1 in 5,443 |
| Indiana | #392 | 7 | 1 in 6,274 |
| Alabama | #436 | 5 | 1 in 5,797 |
| Illinois | #498 | 11 | 1 in 8,298 |
| California | #529 | 22 | 1 in 7,601 |
| Louisiana | #553 | 5 | 1 in 6,877 |
| New York | #777 | 7 | 1 in 21,108 |
| Texas | #806 | 7 | 1 in 14,624 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Joesph
- 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)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1955 at #419 (305 births)
- Births halved by 1989, 34 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 100 yrs · run 1909–1989
- 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
- 16.3% of all boys named Joesph (2,547) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 39 | #613 (1884) | #827 |
| 1890s | 56 | #641 (1892) | #877 |
| 1900s | 80 | #578 (1900) | #829 |
| 1910s | 708 | #556 (1918) | #630 |
| 1920s | 1,237 | #521 (1926) | #556 |
| 1930s | 907 | #574 (1939) | #620 |
| 1940s | 1,327 | #496 (1949) | #553 |
| 1950s | 2,547 | #419 (1955) | #462 |
| 1960s | 2,313 | #479 (1961) | #516 |
| 1970s | 2,337 | #506 (1977) | #530 |
| 1980s | 2,012 | #526 (1981) | #644 |
| 1990s | 885 | #1,083 (1991) | #1,246 |
| 2000s | 755 | #1,481 (2001) | #1,741 |
| 2010s | 347 | #2,100 (2010) | #3,642 |
| 2020s | 100 | #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 1968
Top girls' names in 1968
Top boys' names in 1968
More about 1968
girls
1,640,389 girls got a published name in 1968; 1 in 234,341 of them was named Joesph, which outranked 31.2% of the 8,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #5,147Yuki8
- #5,147Yuri8
- #5,147Yvonda8
- #5,642Joesph7
- #5,642Adair7
- #5,642Adine7
- #5,642Agripina7
- #6,246Abigayle6
- #6,246Acquanetta6
- #6,246Adana6
Tied with 603 names at #5,642; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,737,974 boys got a published name in 1968; 1 in 9,446 of them was named Joesph, which outranked 88.2% of the 4,746 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).