Josph

Peak · boys
1957 · 15 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
343
since 1916

Josph over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Josph has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #2,093, 1957boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1989#6,2297
1988#4,7869
1987#6,0896
1986#5,9266
1985#5,7856
1984#5,5616
1983#5,4846
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1980#3,43012
1979#5,3556
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1977#5,8455
1976#4,9356
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1972#4,9865
1971#3,3709
1970#4,2306
1969#4,4045
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1967#3,9665
1966#3,2497
1965#3,2447
1964#3,2827
1963#3,6466
1962#2,67310
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1960#3,6656
1959#3,9885
1958#2,50611
1957#2,09315
1956#3,2167
1955#2,21913
1954#2,20713
1953#2,7099
1952#3,0957
1951#2,6629
1950#2,32111
1949#3,2986
1948#3,6685
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1946#2,9197
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1943#3,5385
1942#3,2126
1941#3,5055
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1932#3,7765
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1928#4,1515
1927#3,4517
1926#2,56611
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1924#3,8676
1923#3,1758
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1920#3,4897
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1917#3,2177
1916#3,8975
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First appearance
1916

The first year at least five boys were named Josph! It came in at #3,897, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1918–1919, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Josph is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Josph in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Josph
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1989
Rise & fade · boys
41 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1916
  • Peaked 1957 at #2,093 (15 births)
  • Births halved by 1959, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 100,955
  • Highest: 1 in 100,955 boys born in 1926 were named Josph (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 285,847 boys born in 1989 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #2,093 in 1957, was only 1 in 143,816 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 29.2% of all boys named Josph (100) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s12#3,217 (1917)#3,557
1920s44#2,566 (1926)#3,450
1930s5#3,776 (1932)#3,776
1940s34#2,919 (1946)#3,357
1950s100#2,093 (1957)#2,702
1960s53#2,673 (1962)#3,516
1970s37#3,370 (1971)#4,787
1980s58#3,430 (1980)#5,411

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.

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