boy's name

Jospeh

  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 6
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 1,532

Ireland

#345

2000 births

Jospeh is a boy's name. In 2025 it was given to 8 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 1988, when 79 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 414,422 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1912.

Jospeh over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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'10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Jospeh by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1910s 42
1920s 51
1930s 5
1940s 16
1950s 24
1960s 72
1970s 241
1980s 527
1990s 273
2000s 170
2010s 71
2020s (to 2025) 35

How popular is Jospeh?

In 2025, Jospeh was given to 8 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Jospeh is used

Ireland #345 5 in 2000
United States #9,686 8 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 Jospeh

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

Parents who like Jospeh also like

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

Sibling names for Jospeh

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

Common questions about Jospeh

How popular is the name Jospeh?

In 2025, Jospeh was given to 8 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

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

Jospeh is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Jospeh most popular?

Jospeh peaked in 1988, when 79 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Jospeh a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Jospeh currently ranks #9,686 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.