Jospeh
#8,910 for boys in 2025, 8 births
- Peak · boys
- 1988 · 79 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,527since 1912
Jospeh over time
Rank among boys' names. Jospeh has never cracked the top 1,000 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 | #8,910 | 8 |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #8,921 | 8 |
| 2022 | #10,863 | 6 |
| 2021 | #8,825 | 8 |
| 2020 | #12,022 | 5 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #9,696 | 7 |
| 2016 | #8,146 | 9 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #8,781 | 8 |
| 2013 | #7,537 | 10 |
| 2012 | #7,559 | 10 |
| 2011 | #5,945 | 14 |
| 2010 | #6,359 | 13 |
| 2009 | #6,436 | 13 |
| 2008 | #7,187 | 11 |
| 2007 | #7,094 | 11 |
| 2006 | #6,460 | 12 |
| 2005 | #4,198 | 21 |
| 2004 | #3,534 | 26 |
| 2003 | #4,276 | 19 |
| 2002 | #4,322 | 18 |
| 2001 | #4,121 | 19 |
| 2000 | #3,922 | 20 |
| 1999 | #5,317 | 12 |
| 1998 | #3,390 | 22 |
| 1997 | #2,823 | 27 |
| 1996 | #3,830 | 17 |
| 1995 | #3,559 | 18 |
| 1994 | #3,030 | 23 |
| 1993 | #2,399 | 31 |
| 1992 | #1,914 | 42 |
| 1991 | #2,753 | 24 |
| 1990 | #1,500 | 57 |
| 1989 | #1,705 | 45 |
| 1988 | #1,124 | 79 |
| 1987 | #1,439 | 50 |
| 1986 | #1,511 | 44 |
| 1985 | #1,290 | 55 |
| 1984 | #1,214 | 57 |
| 1983 | #1,399 | 45 |
| 1982 | #1,164 | 62 |
| 1981 | #1,236 | 55 |
| 1980 | #1,655 | 35 |
| 1979 | #1,991 | 26 |
| 1978 | #1,688 | 32 |
| 1977 | #1,607 | 34 |
| 1976 | #1,748 | 29 |
| 1975 | #1,884 | 25 |
| 1974 | #2,358 | 17 |
| 1973 | #1,982 | 21 |
| 1972 | #2,080 | 19 |
| 1971 | #2,203 | 18 |
| 1970 | #1,989 | 20 |
| 1969 | #2,046 | 17 |
| 1968 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1967 | #1,974 | 16 |
| 1966 | #2,986 | 8 |
| 1965 | #2,617 | 10 |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | #3,318 | 7 |
| 1962 | — | |
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| 1957 | #3,257 | 7 |
| 1956 | — | |
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| 1954 | #3,827 | 5 |
| 1953 | — | |
| 1952 | #3,095 | 7 |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 5 |
| 1950 | — | |
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| 1944 | #3,430 | 5 |
| 1943 | #3,538 | 5 |
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| 1940 | #3,130 | 6 |
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| 1934 | #3,679 | 5 |
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| 1929 | #3,959 | 5 |
| 1928 | — | |
| 1927 | #3,780 | 6 |
| 1926 | #2,904 | 9 |
| 1925 | #3,408 | 7 |
| 1924 | #3,505 | 7 |
| 1923 | #3,822 | 6 |
| 1922 | — | |
| 1921 | #2,632 | 11 |
| 1920 | — | |
| 1919 | #2,665 | 10 |
| 1918 | #2,260 | 13 |
| 1917 | — | |
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| 1914 | #2,651 | 7 |
| 1913 | #2,496 | 6 |
| 1912 | #2,269 | 6 |
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| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Jospeh! It came in at #2,269, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1915–1917, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Jospeh is popular in 1988
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#267 · 1 in 1,821
- Virginia#565 · 1 in 8,026
- Pennsylvania#733 · 1 in 15,824
- California#1,221 · 1 in 25,224
- New York#1,304 · 1 in 25,938
Best ever in a state: #267 in Mississippi, 1988.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #267 | 9 | 1 in 1,821 |
| Virginia | #565 | 5 | 1 in 8,026 |
| Pennsylvania | #733 | 5 | 1 in 15,824 |
| California | #1,221 | 10 | 1 in 25,224 |
| New York | #1,304 | 5 | 1 in 25,938 |
| Texas | #1,348 | 5 | 1 in 28,822 |
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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 Jospeh
- 3,112 spots since 2020 (#12,022 → #8,910)
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1988 at #1,124 (79 births)
- Births halved by 1991, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 24,231 boys born in 1988 were named Jospeh (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 213,509 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 34.5% of all boys named Jospeh (527) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 42 | #2,260 (1918) | #2,468 |
| 1920s | 51 | #2,632 (1921) | #3,430 |
| 1930s | 5 | #3,679 (1934) | #3,679 |
| 1940s | 16 | #3,130 (1940) | #3,366 |
| 1950s | 24 | #3,095 (1952) | #3,473 |
| 1960s | 72 | #1,974 (1967) | #2,524 |
| 1970s | 241 | #1,607 (1977) | #1,953 |
| 1980s | 527 | #1,124 (1988) | #1,374 |
| 1990s | 273 | #1,500 (1990) | #3,052 |
| 2000s | 170 | #3,534 (2004) | #5,155 |
| 2010s | 71 | #5,945 (2011) | #7,718 |
| 2020s | 35 | #8,825 (2021) | #9,908 |
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.
Jospeh in 1988
Top boys' names in 1988
More about 1988
boys
1,914,283 boys got a published name in 1988; 1 in 24,231 of them was named Jospeh, which outranked 86.8% of the 8,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,118Durrell80
- #1,118Giuseppe80
- #1,118Peyton80
- #1,124Jospeh79
- #1,124Anibal79
- #1,124Arnulfo79
- #1,124Christofer79
- #1,130Amit78
- #1,130Benjamen78
- #1,130Everardo78
Tied with 5 names at #1,124; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.