Josephus
Last seen for boys in 2023 at #12,239
- Peak · boys
- 1897 · 8 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,211since 1882
Josephus over time
Rank among boys' names. Josephus has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #12,239 | 5 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #10,799 | 6 |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | #9,600 | 7 |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #12,553 | 5 |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | #9,948 | 6 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #10,667 | 5 |
| 2001 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #9,631 | 5 |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | #6,968 | 7 |
| 1993 | #8,700 | 5 |
| 1992 | #6,670 | 7 |
| 1991 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | #4,673 | 11 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #4,698 | 8 |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | #3,411 | 12 |
| 1982 | #3,282 | 13 |
| 1981 | #4,153 | 9 |
| 1980 | #3,615 | 11 |
| 1979 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #3,836 | 9 |
| 1976 | #2,826 | 14 |
| 1975 | #3,428 | 10 |
| 1974 | #3,837 | 8 |
| 1973 | #3,445 | 9 |
| 1972 | #3,344 | 9 |
| 1971 | #3,658 | 8 |
| 1970 | #3,071 | 10 |
| 1969 | #3,062 | 9 |
| 1968 | #3,673 | 6 |
| 1967 | #3,966 | 5 |
| 1966 | #2,216 | 13 |
| 1965 | #3,244 | 7 |
| 1964 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | #2,300 | 13 |
| 1962 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1961 | #2,538 | 11 |
| 1960 | #2,121 | 15 |
| 1959 | #3,619 | 6 |
| 1958 | #2,818 | 9 |
| 1957 | #2,631 | 10 |
| 1956 | #2,628 | 10 |
| 1955 | #2,048 | 15 |
| 1954 | #2,207 | 13 |
| 1953 | #1,836 | 18 |
| 1952 | #1,749 | 19 |
| 1951 | #1,774 | 18 |
| 1950 | #1,572 | 22 |
| 1949 | #1,462 | 25 |
| 1948 | #1,943 | 15 |
| 1947 | #2,251 | 12 |
| 1946 | #2,143 | 12 |
| 1945 | #1,697 | 16 |
| 1944 | #1,738 | 16 |
| 1943 | #1,986 | 14 |
| 1942 | #1,799 | 16 |
| 1941 | #2,083 | 12 |
| 1940 | #1,573 | 19 |
| 1939 | #1,712 | 16 |
| 1938 | #1,613 | 18 |
| 1937 | #2,088 | 12 |
| 1936 | #1,723 | 16 |
| 1935 | #2,719 | 8 |
| 1934 | #1,551 | 20 |
| 1933 | #1,586 | 19 |
| 1932 | #2,313 | 11 |
| 1931 | #1,643 | 19 |
| 1930 | #1,821 | 17 |
| 1929 | #2,096 | 14 |
| 1928 | #1,611 | 22 |
| 1927 | #1,796 | 19 |
| 1926 | #1,911 | 17 |
| 1925 | #1,806 | 19 |
| 1924 | #1,577 | 24 |
| 1923 | #1,385 | 28 |
| 1922 | #1,644 | 22 |
| 1921 | #1,703 | 21 |
| 1920 | #1,747 | 20 |
| 1919 | #1,531 | 23 |
| 1918 | #2,073 | 15 |
| 1917 | #1,528 | 22 |
| 1916 | #1,646 | 19 |
| 1915 | #1,306 | 26 |
| 1914 | #2,101 | 10 |
| 1913 | #1,497 | 13 |
| 1912 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,537 | 6 |
| 1910 | #1,118 | 9 |
| 1909 | #1,277 | 6 |
| 1908 | #1,113 | 7 |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,205 | 5 |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,121 | 5 |
| 1897 | #787 | 8 |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,079 | 5 |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | #884 | 6 |
| 1889 | #789 | 7 |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | #845 | 6 |
| 1885 | #836 | 6 |
| 1884 | #971 | 5 |
| 1883 | #892 | 5 |
| 1882 | #837 | 6 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Josephus! It came in at #837, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1887–1888, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Josephus is popular in 1889
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Josephus
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Biggest jump: 135 spots in 1885 (#971 → #836)
- Biggest drop: 334 spots in 1898 (#787 → #1,121)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1897 at #787 (8 births)
- Births halved by 1899, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 1882–1886
- Highest: 1 in 14,095 boys born in 1897 were named Josephus (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 342,115 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
- 17.0% of all boys named Josephus (206) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 35 | #789 (1889) | #862 |
| 1890s | 24 | #787 (1897) | #968 |
| 1900s | 18 | #1,113 (1908) | #1,198 |
| 1910s | 143 | #1,118 (1910) | #1,593 |
| 1920s | 206 | #1,385 (1923) | #1,728 |
| 1930s | 156 | #1,551 (1934) | #1,877 |
| 1940s | 157 | #1,462 (1949) | #1,868 |
| 1950s | 140 | #1,572 (1950) | #2,288 |
| 1960s | 94 | #2,121 (1960) | #2,983 |
| 1970s | 89 | #2,826 (1976) | #3,786 |
| 1980s | 59 | #3,282 (1982) | #4,264 |
| 1990s | 46 | #4,673 (1990) | #7,540 |
| 2000s | 21 | #9,948 (2004) | #10,931 |
| 2010s | 12 | #9,600 (2011) | #10,923 |
| 2020s | 11 | #10,799 (2021) | #11,519 |
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.
Josephus in 1889
Top boys' names in 1889
More about 1889
boys
110,580 boys got a published name in 1889; 1 in 15,797 of them was named Josephus, which outranked 29.0% of the 1,111 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 38.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).