Jospeh
Jospeh is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 198879 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1912
- 1,518people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,518 boys have been named Jospeh in the United States since 1912, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1988, with 79 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 79 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1985, and the 1980s alone account for 35%.
By decade
| Decade | boys named Jospeh | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 42 | |
| 1920s | 51 | |
| 1930s | 5 | |
| 1940s | 16 | |
| 1950s | 24 | |
| 1960s | 72 | |
| 1970s | 241 | |
| 1980s | 527 | |
| 1990s | 273 | |
| 2000s | 170 | |
| 2010s | 71 | |
| 2020s | 26 |
In 1988, its biggest year
Jospeh was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1988 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and Andrew. See all of 1988.
Names that rose and fell with Jospeh
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Travispeak 1989
- Adampeak 1984
- Caseypeak 1990
- Matthewpeak 1983
- Jeredpeak 1982
- Derikpeak 1987
- Derekpeak 1989
- Justonpeak 1980
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.