boy's name

Josip

  • Origin Slovene
  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 5
  • Births on record 188

Ireland

#913

2023 births

Josip is a boy's name. In 2017 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Josip is a name of Slovene origin.
  • Peaked in 1981, when 9 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1972.

Josip over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2017, not a full ten years.

33
'70 '80 '90 '00 '10
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Births named Josip by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1970s 23
1980s 33
1990s 19
2000s 23
2010s (to 2017) 11

How popular is Josip?

In 2017, Josip was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Josip is used

Ireland #913 3 in 2023
France #2,333 5 in 1977
Canada #2,982 5 in 2012
United States #11,649 6 in 2017

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 Josip

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

Parents who like Josip also like

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

Sibling names for Josip

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

Common questions about Josip

How popular is the name Josip?

In 2017, Josip was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

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

Josip is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Josip most popular?

Josip peaked in 1981, when 9 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.