Giuseppe — #1686 US boys' name
6,241 babies named Giuseppe in U.S. Social Security records since 1905, with the highest year being 1975. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 88% of names given to boys today.
17% of everyone ever named Giuseppe was born in this single decade.
130 babies were named Giuseppe in 1975 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Giuseppe
The Social Security Administration has registered 6,241 babies named Giuseppe between 1905 and 2024, spanning 120 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Giuseppe currently holds the #1686 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1975, when 130 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Giuseppe performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 1,051 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Giuseppe shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 1,966 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Giuseppe in 14 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Giuseppe in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 6,241 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Giuseppe at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Giuseppe popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1905
- Peak year (1975)
- 130
- Annual births at peak — across 120 years of records
Currently ranks #1686 among boys.
6,241 total births across 120 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1975 with 130 births in a single year.
Giuseppe by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 1,051 births that decade — 17% of Giuseppe's all-time total
Giuseppe decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,051 births
- Runner-up 1,043 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Giuseppe's strongest decade
1,051 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 17% of all-time use.
Giuseppe by state
Where Giuseppe concentrates geographically — total births since 1905
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 1,966 | 31.5% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 671 | 10.8% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 422 | 6.8% |
| #4 | California | | 412 | 6.6% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 295 | 4.7% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 218 | 3.5% |
| #7 | Massachusetts | | 177 | 2.8% |
| #8 | Florida | | 174 | 2.8% |
1,966 of 6,241 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 14 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 31.5% of nationwide
- New Jersey 10.8% of nationwide
- Illinois 6.8% of nationwide
- California 6.6% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 4.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 14 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 31.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
Giuseppe appears in 14 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1905–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.