Joselito — boys' name

What the Data Says About Joselito

The Social Security Administration has registered 742 babies named Joselito between 1961 and 2012, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Joselito currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 1973, when 36 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Joselito performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 245 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Joselito shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 129 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Joselito in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Joselito 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 742 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.