The name Joseph is of Hebrew origin, and means he shall add.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Joseph has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Joseph
Use of the Name Joseph for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
2,416,662
1,349,386
666,386
227,085
107,276
40,883
19,695
The table below indicates the number of times the name Joseph has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Joseph
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
7
2,633
562
10
1881
7
2,457
560
10
1882
7
2,671
854
6
1883
7
2,516
471
17
1884
7
2,708
766
9
1885
7
2,540
593
14
1886
7
2,594
863
8
1887
7
2,456
649
13
1888
7
2,993
603
18
1889
7
2,729
1890
7
2,670
853
11
1891
7
2,572
868
11
1892
7
3,064
847
13
1893
6
2,997
557
26
1894
6
2,978
730
17
1895
7
2,992
651
23
1896
6
3,052
645
24
1897
6
2,827
706
20
1898
6
3,173
686
23
1899
6
2,678
740
19
1900
7
3,717
1901
6
2,770
900
14
1902
7
3,099
1903
6
3,121
1904
7
3,292
864
18
1905
7
3,303
790
22
1906
7
3,523
810
21
1907
7
3,845
1908
6
4,158
865
21
1909
6
4,342
736
30
1910
6
5,226
801
29
1911
6
6,469
817
28
1912
5
12,050
752
45
1913
5
14,463
874
37
1914
5
18,831
696
69
1915
5
23,066
793
69
1916
5
23,889
783
77
1917
5
24,759
710
95
1918
7
26,285
752
90
1919
7
24,270
743
90
1920
7
25,584
689
112
1921
7
26,189
678
120
1922
7
25,713
716
104
1923
7
25,565
711
105
1924
7
25,414
640
138
1925
7
24,577
637
132
1926
8
23,744
552
163
1927
9
23,445
556
162
1928
9
22,278
516
181
1929
9
21,082
541
159
1930
9
20,963
568
144
1931
9
19,282
629
111
1932
9
18,524
660
104
1933
9
17,119
657
100
1934
10
17,083
720
86
1935
10
17,170
771
77
1936
11
17,440
812
69
1937
12
17,297
888
61
1938
12
17,728
811
76
1939
12
17,723
898
61
1940
12
18,209
894
64
1941
12
19,751
912
65
1942
11
22,457
882
78
1943
13
22,694
980
66
1944
13
21,106
850
80
1945
14
20,783
995
60
1946
14
24,202
1947
14
27,413
1948
13
26,737
1949
14
26,300
1950
13
27,013
1951
14
28,059
1952
12
28,524
1953
13
29,136
1954
13
31,194
1955
13
31,540
1956
12
32,679
1957
12
31,795
1958
12
30,046
1959
13
29,521
1960
12
29,732
969
122
1961
12
29,388
1962
13
30,071
1963
13
30,088
893
138
1964
11
30,539
965
120
1965
11
28,647
941
118
1966
15
26,960
1967
15
25,915
927
122
1968
16
25,371
891
134
1969
15
26,194
829
155
1970
16
26,699
929
138
1971
15
24,469
895
148
1972
12
22,437
964
126
1973
12
21,265
919
134
1974
12
21,826
991
123
1975
12
22,090
946
134
1976
12
24,022
923
141
1977
10
26,443
845
176
1978
10
26,642
828
180
1979
11
28,621
768
209
1980
10
30,124
761
218
1981
11
30,724
845
185
1982
11
30,997
814
194
1983
11
30,405
762
211
1984
10
30,475
763
212
1985
10
30,162
756
226
1986
12
28,777
800
209
1987
12
28,482
809
217
1988
12
28,938
931
181
1989
11
29,850
1990
10
30,076
1991
9
29,799
1992
11
27,849
1993
12
26,959
1994
11
25,684
1995
12
25,292
1996
12
24,696
1997
12
23,542
1998
11
23,126
1999
8
23,153
2000
8
22,734
2001
8
21,888
2002
7
21,771
2003
7
21,188
2004
9
19,695
Totals:
2,416,662
7,996
During the last 125 years, parents have used Joseph as a boy's name about 99% of the time and less frequently (about 0% of the time) as a girl's name.