Joseph

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #29in 2025
  • 1 in 233boys in 2025
  • −29%last ten years
  • 2.2×in New Jersey

Most popular in 1914. Quieter now: down 29% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

014,37928,75718801916195319892025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Joseph, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188023,821
188124,381
188223,486
188324,038
188423,654
188523,562
188623,415
188724,219
188824,766
188924,679
189024,049
189125,417
189225,108
189326,683
189425,715
189525,487
189625,518
189725,072
189825,847
189925,223
190024,682
190125,980
190225,257
190326,176
190425,686
190524,957
190626,488
190726,181
190826,967
190926,513
191026,920
191128,712
191228,055
191328,232
191428,757
191527,164
191626,832
191726,755
191825,912
191924,758
192024,040
192123,771
192223,617
192323,320
192422,442
192522,056
192621,392
192720,856
192820,153
192919,677
193019,119
193118,589
193217,781
193317,309
193416,571
193516,499
193616,827
193716,239
193815,996
193916,011
194015,708
194116,126
194216,239
194315,994
194415,538
194515,472
194614,953
194715,042
194815,275
194914,887
195015,094
195114,949
195214,668
195314,840
195415,314
195515,335
195615,482
195714,765
195814,189
195913,839
196013,951
196113,864
196214,545
196314,808
196415,344
196515,391
196615,128
196714,867
196814,612
196914,637
197014,376
197113,864
197213,847
197313,683
197413,886
197514,170
197615,331
197716,117
197816,240
197916,644
198016,920
198117,174
198217,104
198316,982
198416,906
198516,352
198615,658
198715,274
198815,159
198914,935
199014,672
199114,770
199213,970
199313,773
199413,320
199513,318
199613,070
199712,521
199812,131
199912,093
200011,631
200111,339
200211,290
200310,830
200410,150
20059,633
20068,987
20078,367
20088,136
20097,538
20107,219
20116,842
20126,639
20136,491
20146,328
20156,016
20165,780
20175,666
20185,331
20195,116
20204,916
20214,668
20224,490
20234,255
20244,214
20254,276

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. New Jersey 2.2×
  2. Connecticut 2.2×
  3. Rhode Island 2.0×
  4. Wyoming 2.0×
  5. Alaska 1.9×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
7,303
Rank in 2025
#29
How rare
1 in 233 boys
Since 1880
2,669,490

Most popular in 1914, at 28,757 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 29% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
New Jersey2.2×1,132
Connecticut2.2×372
Rhode Island2.0×81
Wyoming2.0×28
Alaska1.9×56

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.