Boys' name · since 1987
Joseff
102 babies named Joseff in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 102
- total births
- 1987–2011
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 42%
- born in that decade
102 boys have been named Joseff since 1987, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Joseff has 102 recorded births among boys since 1987, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1987 to 2011.
- 102 total births
- 1987–2011 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 42% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Joseff's 102 recorded births place it above 62% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Joseff's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Joseff's SSA record in two at 1999 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1993, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2003 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Joseff popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2011
- Peak year (2003)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Joseff by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Joseff's strongest decade.
43 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Joseff births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 12
1980s
12 births
- 1990s
1990s
43 births
- 2000s
2000s
42 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 43 births (42% of all-time use).
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- Joseff's decade-level peak was the 1990s (43 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1987–2011 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Joseff: Baby Name Since 1987 - 102 Births, Peak 2003." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/joseff. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Joseff 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 July 2026.