Boys' name · since 1881
Joesph
Joesph has 15,650 recorded births since 1881 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1957 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #950 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,203 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 15,650
- born since 1881
- 1950s
- peak decade
Joesph currently ranks #7203 among boys' names in America, with 15,650 babies recorded since 1881.
Joesph has 15,650 recorded births among boys since 1881, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7203 as of the latest data, more common than 48% of boys, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1881 to 2025.
- #950 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,203 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 15,650 born since 1881
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joesph ranks #950 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,203 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 15,650 born since 1881, peaking in the 1950s.
- #950 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,203 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 15,650
- born since 1881
- 1950s
- peak decade
Joesph's 15,650 recorded births place it above 97.91% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
38 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Joesph compares
15,650 Top 7% higher than 93% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Joesph's all-time total is 42x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Joesph | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 15,650 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 320 | 34 | 22,252 |
Joesph's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Joesph splits its recorded history at 1957: 61% of all births land in the more recent half, 39% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1881 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1957 peak of 320 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Joesph popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1881–2025
- Peak year (1957)
- 320
- Annual births at peak, across 145 years of records
Joesph popularity over time - girls
12 total births recorded since 1966 (Joesph as girls' name)
Joesph by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (2,547 births, 16% of the file).
1950s was Joesph's strongest decade.
2,547 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 16% of all-time use.
Joesph births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 39
1880s
39 births
- 1890s 56
1890s
56 births
- 1900s 80
1900s
80 births
- 1910s 708
1910s
708 births
- 1920s
1920s
1,237 births
- 1930s 907
1930s
907 births
- 1940s
1940s
1,327 births
- 1950s
1950s
2,547 births
- 1960s
1960s
2,313 births
- 1970s
1970s
2,337 births
- 1980s
1980s
2,012 births
- 1990s 885
1990s
885 births
- 2000s 755
2000s
755 births
- 2010s 347
2010s
347 births
- 2020s 100
2020s
100 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 2,547 births (16% of all-time use).
How Joesph compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Joesph's total volume
Joesph by state
Where Joesph concentrates geographically, total births since 1881
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,053 | 6.7% |
| #2 | New York | | 1,011 | 6.5% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 818 | 5.2% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 726 | 4.6% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 683 | 4.4% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 607 | 3.9% |
| #7 | Texas | | 522 | 3.3% |
| #8 | Florida | | 470 | 3.0% |
1,053 of 15,650 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 38 reporting states.
Joesph appears in 38 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Joesph's data
- Joesph's decade-level peak was the 1950s (2,547 total births); usage has since declined to 100 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Joesphs (1,053 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Joesph: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1957)
Similar record span (~144 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, 1881–2025 (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 Joesph 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.