Jospeh — boys' name

What the Data Says About Jospeh

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,518 babies named Jospeh between 1912 and 2023, spanning 112 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jospeh currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 79 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jospeh performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 527 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Jospeh shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 79 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Jospeh in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jospeh 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 1,518 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.