TheNameDBJoseph
M FJoseph is a given name of Hebrew origin used predominantly for boys. There have been 2,672,746 people born with this name in the United States since 1880 — 2,662,040 as boys and 10,706 as girls. Joseph gained popularity in the 1900s, peaked in 1956 and has since declined significantly. It is the #8 most popular name for a boy.
Popularity Over Time
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Yearly Data
| Year | Births |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 7,223 |
| 2023 | 7,280 |
| 2022 | 7,837 |
| 2021 | 8,163 |
| 2020 | 8,488 |
| 2019 | 9,190 |
| 2018 | 9,692 |
| 2017 | 10,504 |
| 2016 | 10,974 |
| 2015 | 11,540 |
| 2014 | 12,157 |
| 2013 | 12,296 |
| 2012 | 12,605 |
| 2011 | 13,017 |
| 2010 | 13,867 |
| 2009 | 14,969 |
| 2008 | 16,627 |
| 2007 | 17,389 |
| 2006 | 18,496 |
| 2005 | 19,271 |
| 2004 | 20,248 |
| 2003 | 21,423 |
| 2002 | 21,953 |
| 2001 | 22,057 |
| 2000 | 22,867 |
| 1999 | 23,263 |
| 1998 | 23,236 |
| 1997 | 23,648 |
| 1996 | 24,810 |
| 1995 | 25,414 |
| 1994 | 25,809 |
| 1993 | 27,080 |
| 1992 | 27,970 |
| 1991 | 29,927 |
| 1990 | 30,218 |
| 1989 | 30,021 |
| 1988 | 29,201 |
| 1987 | 28,736 |
| 1986 | 29,040 |
| 1985 | 30,446 |
| 1984 | 30,722 |
| 1983 | 30,655 |
| 1982 | 31,237 |
| 1981 | 30,950 |
| 1980 | 30,402 |
| 1979 | 28,862 |
| 1978 | 26,847 |
| 1977 | 26,661 |
| 1976 | 24,198 |
| 1975 | 22,259 |
| 1974 | 21,959 |
| 1973 | 21,461 |
| 1972 | 22,584 |
| 1971 | 24,662 |
| 1970 | 26,856 |
| 1969 | 26,331 |
| 1968 | 25,530 |
| 1967 | 26,049 |
| 1966 | 27,083 |
| 1965 | 28,753 |
| 1964 | 30,682 |
| 1963 | 30,217 |
| 1962 | 30,194 |
| 1961 | 29,566 |
| 1960 | 29,864 |
| 1959 | 29,629 |
| 1958 | 30,190 |
| 1957 | 31,946 |
| 1956 | 32,831 |
| 1955 | 31,671 |
| 1954 | 31,300 |
| 1953 | 29,328 |
| 1952 | 28,578 |
| 1951 | 28,200 |
| 1950 | 27,086 |
| 1949 | 26,463 |
| 1948 | 26,871 |
| 1947 | 27,589 |
| 1946 | 24,345 |
| 1945 | 20,879 |
| 1944 | 21,257 |
| 1943 | 22,892 |
| 1942 | 22,508 |
| 1941 | 19,874 |
| 1940 | 18,271 |
| 1939 | 17,783 |
| 1938 | 17,815 |
| 1937 | 17,384 |
| 1936 | 17,522 |
| 1935 | 17,258 |
| 1934 | 17,197 |
| 1933 | 17,262 |
| 1932 | 18,669 |
| 1931 | 19,439 |
| 1930 | 21,122 |
| 1929 | 21,324 |
| 1928 | 22,501 |
| 1927 | 23,672 |
| 1926 | 23,917 |
| 1925 | 24,746 |
| 1924 | 25,556 |
| 1923 | 25,667 |
| 1922 | 25,803 |
| 1921 | 26,302 |
| 1920 | 25,699 |
| 1919 | 24,355 |
| 1918 | 26,351 |
| 1917 | 24,855 |
| 1916 | 23,960 |
| 1915 | 23,120 |
| 1914 | 18,898 |
| 1913 | 14,509 |
| 1912 | 12,106 |
| 1911 | 6,516 |
| 1910 | 5,257 |
| 1909 | 4,378 |
| 1908 | 4,183 |
| 1907 | 3,856 |
| 1906 | 3,548 |
| 1905 | 3,324 |
| 1904 | 3,309 |
| 1903 | 3,134 |
| 1902 | 3,106 |
| 1901 | 2,780 |
| 1900 | 3,728 |
| 1899 | 2,698 |
| 1898 | 3,194 |
| 1897 | 2,847 |
| 1896 | 3,075 |
| 1895 | 3,015 |
| 1894 | 2,994 |
| 1893 | 3,023 |
| 1892 | 3,077 |
| 1891 | 2,583 |
| 1890 | 2,681 |
| 1889 | 2,736 |
| 1888 | 3,011 |
| 1887 | 2,469 |
| 1886 | 2,602 |
| 1885 | 2,554 |
| 1884 | 2,716 |
| 1883 | 2,532 |
| 1882 | 2,676 |
| 1881 | 2,466 |
| 1880 | 2,642 |