Williamjoseph — boys' name
19 babies named Williamjoseph in U.S. Social Security records since 1986, with the highest year being 1986. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Williamjoseph was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Williamjoseph in 1986 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Williamjoseph
The Social Security Administration has registered 19 babies named Williamjoseph between 1986 and 1989, spanning 4 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Williamjoseph currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1989. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Williamjoseph performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 19 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Williamjoseph 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 19 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.
Williamjoseph at a glance
Last recorded 1989Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Williamjoseph popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–1986
- Peak year (1986)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 4 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1989.
19 total births across 4 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1986 with 7 births in a single year.
Williamjoseph by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 19 births that decade — 100% of Williamjoseph's all-time total
Williamjoseph decade highlights
- Peak decade 19 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Williamjoseph's strongest decade
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
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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, 1986–1989 (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.