boy's name

Giuseppe

  • Origin Italian
  • Gender Boy
  • Syllables 3
  • Letters 8
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 10,299

Scotland

#319

1975 births

Giuseppe is a boy's name with 3 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 122 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Giuseppe is a name of Italian origin.
  • Peaked in 1975, when 130 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 27,175 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1905.
  • 3 syllables, with the stress on syllable 2.

Giuseppe over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1900s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

1,053
'00 '10 '20 '30 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Giuseppe by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1900s 10
1910s 181
1920s 126
1930s 37
1950s 60
1960s 462
1970s 1,053
1980s 901
1990s 873
2000s 989
2010s 1,043
2020s (to 2025) 630

How popular is Giuseppe?

In 2025, Giuseppe was given to 122 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Giuseppe is used

Scotland #319 3 in 1975
Ireland #843 3 in 2020
United States #1,462 122 in 2025
France #1,616 20 in 2025
Canada #1,746 12 in 2024
England & Wales #2,538 9 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Giuseppe

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Giuseppe also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Giuseppe over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Giuseppe in other languages

The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.

Catalan
Josep
Czech
Josef
Dutch
Josef
Italian
Guiseppe
Slovene
Josip
Other forms
Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
Jusuf

Sibling names for Giuseppe

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Giuseppe — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Giuseppe

How popular is the name Giuseppe?

In 2025, Giuseppe was given to 122 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Giuseppe a girl's or a boy's name?

Giuseppe is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

How many syllables are in Giuseppe?

Giuseppe has 3 syllables.

When was Giuseppe most popular?

Giuseppe peaked in 1975, when 130 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Giuseppe a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Giuseppe currently ranks #1,462 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.