Joses — boys' name

What the Data Says About Joses

The Social Security Administration has registered 33 babies named Joses between 1983 and 2013, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Joses currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 2013, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Joses performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 12 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Joses shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Joses 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 33 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.