Josph — boys' name

What the Data Says About Josph

The Social Security Administration has registered 343 babies named Josph between 1916 and 1989, spanning 74 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Josph currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1989. The name reached its historical peak in 1957, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Josph performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 100 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Josph 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 Josph in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Josph 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 343 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.