Josip — boys' name

What the Data Says About Josip

The Social Security Administration has registered 109 babies named Josip between 1972 and 2017, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Josip currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Josip performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 33 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Josip shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Josip in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Josip 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 109 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.