Josephmichael
Josephmichael was last recorded in 2013, when 5 babies were given it; 97 Americans have been recorded with it between 1979 and 2013 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Josephmichael by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Josephmichael?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #13,040, in 2013; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
11 babies in 1989, the peak
Josephmichael peaked in 1989, when 11 boys were given it, #4,647 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 5 | #13,040 | 2.6 |
| 2008 | 5 | #13,518 | 2.5 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,964 | 2.4 |
| 2002 | 5 | #11,538 | 2.6 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,879 | 3.1 |
| 2000 | 5 | #11,234 | 2.5 |
| 1999 | 5 | #10,713 | 2.6 |
| 1998 | 5 | #10,418 | 2.6 |
| 1994 | 9 | #6,081 | 4.7 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,920 | 3.0 |
Every recorded year (16)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 7 | #6,883 | 3.5 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,763 | 2.4 |
| 1989 | 11 | #4,647 | 5.5 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,865 | 2.6 |
| 1987 | 8 | #5,194 | 4.3 |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,518 | 2.9 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Josephmichael a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Josephmichael has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 16 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Josephmichael: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Josephmichael, and how old are they?
An estimated 94 Americans named Josephmichael and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026, too few to state an age range. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Josephmichael
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.