Michaeljoseph — boys' name
96 babies named Michaeljoseph in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
96 boys have been named Michaeljoseph since 1983, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 2013.
- 96
- total births
- 1983–2013
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 40%
- born in that decade
40% of everyone ever named Michaeljoseph was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Michaeljoseph in 1988 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Michaeljoseph
The Social Security Administration has registered 96 babies named Michaeljoseph between 1983 and 2013, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Michaeljoseph currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Michaeljoseph performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 38 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Michaeljoseph shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Michaeljoseph in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Michaeljoseph 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 96 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.
Michaeljoseph at a glance
Last recorded 2013Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Michaeljoseph popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–1983
- Peak year (1988)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2013.
96 total births across 31 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1988 with 11 births in a single year.
Michaeljoseph by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 38 births that decade — 40% of Michaeljoseph's all-time total
Michaeljoseph decade highlights
- Peak decade 38 births
- Runner-up 25 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Michaeljoseph's strongest decade
38 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
Michaeljoseph by state
Where Michaeljoseph concentrates geographically — total births since 1983
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 5.2% |
5 of 96 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 5.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 5.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1983–2013 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.