Boys' name · since 1914
Joeph
144 babies named Joeph in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1986. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,017 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 144
- born since 1914
- 1980s
- peak decade
Joeph is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 144 have been recorded since 1914.
Joeph has 144 recorded births among boys since 1914, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 1990.
- #15,017 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 144 born since 1914
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joeph ranks #15,017 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 144 born since 1914, peaking in the 1980s.
- #15,017 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 144
- born since 1914
- 1980s
- peak decade
Joeph's 144 recorded births place it above 66.92% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Joeph's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Joeph's SSA record in two at 1966 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1914, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1986 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Joeph popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–1990
- Peak year (1986)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 77 years of records
Joeph by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (32 births, 22% of the file).
1980s was Joeph's strongest decade.
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 22% of all-time use.
Joeph births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 12
1910s
12 births
- 1920s 6
1920s
6 births
- 1930s 6
1930s
6 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s
1950s
31 births
- 1960s
1960s
25 births
- 1970s
1970s
22 births
- 1980s
1980s
32 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 32 births (22% of all-time use).
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What to do with Joeph's data
- Joeph's decade-level peak was the 1980s (32 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Joeph: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1986)
Similar record span (~76 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1914–1990 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Joeph draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.