Boys' name · since 1935
Josep
Josep has 155 recorded births since 1935 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2011 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,528 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 155
- born since 1935
- 2010s
- peak decade
Josep sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 155 recorded since 1935.
Josep has 155 recorded births among boys since 1935, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1935 to 2024.
- #14,528 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 155 born since 1935
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Josep ranks #14,528 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 155 born since 1935, peaking in the 2010s.
- #14,528 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 155
- born since 1935
- 2010s
- peak decade
Josep's 155 recorded births place it above 68% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Josep's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Josep splits its recorded history at 2001: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1978 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2011 peak of 17 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Josep popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1935–2024
- Peak year (2011)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 90 years of records
Josep by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (49 births, 32% of the file).
2010s was Josep's strongest decade.
49 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Josep births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 6
1930s
6 births
- 1950s 7
1950s
7 births
- 1960s 13
1960s
13 births
- 1970s 11
1970s
11 births
- 1980s 12
1980s
12 births
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
- 2000s
2000s
27 births
- 2010s
2010s
49 births
- 2020s 19
2020s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 49 births (32% of all-time use).
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- Josep's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (49 total births) through the 2020s (19) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Josep: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~89 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, 1935–2024 (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 Josep 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.