How popular is “Joseph” in the USA?

Number of people named “Joseph” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Joseph” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Joseph” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Joseph” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Joseph” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Joseph” by birth year

This chart shows how “Joseph” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year	Count	Proportion	Females	Males	Bias toward female
1880	2642	0.013112703	10	2632	-99%
1881	2466	0.012797891	10	2456	-99%
1882	2676	0.012079464	6	2670	-100%
1883	2532	0.011671107	17	2515	-99%
1884	2716	0.011155791	9	2707	-99%
1885	2554	0.010603935	14	2540	-99%
1886	2602	0.010191293	8	2594	-99%
1887	2469	0.009980112	13	2456	-99%
1888	3011	0.010054295	18	2993	-99%
1889	2736	0.009468897	7	2729	-99%
1890	2681	0.008895126	11	2670	-99%
1891	2583	0.009010267	11	2572	-99%
1892	3077	0.009202271	13	3064	-99%
1893	3023	0.009295161	26	2997	-98%
1894	2994	0.008839943	17	2977	-99%
1895	3015	0.008589254	23	2992	-98%
1896	3075	0.008601784	24	3051	-98%
1897	2847	0.008205628	20	2827	-99%
1898	3194	0.008373203	23	3171	-99%
1899	2698	0.007953213	19	2679	-99%
1900	3728	0.008279697	14	3714	-99%
1901	2780	0.00803905	14	2766	-99%
1902	3106	0.00803138	8	3098	-99%
1903	3134	0.008221406	13	3121	-99%
1904	3309	0.008201049	18	3291	-99%
1905	3324	0.007841066	22	3302	-99%
1906	3548	0.008280993	21	3527	-99%
1907	3856	0.008285524	12	3844	-99%
1908	4183	0.008560337	21	4162	-99%
1909	4378	0.008563761	30	4348	-99%
1910	5257	0.008899445	29	5228	-99%
1911	6516	0.010113646	28	6488	-99%
1912	12106	0.012252267	44	12062	-99%
1913	14509	0.012759539	38	14471	-99%
1914	18898	0.013342803	69	18829	-99%
1915	23120	0.012617153	69	23051	-99%
1916	23960	0.012386161	77	23883	-99%
1917	24855	0.012385698	94	24761	-99%
1918	26351	0.012137104	90	26261	-99%
1919	24355	0.011541313	89	24266	-99%
1920	25699	0.011357957	112	25587	-99%
1921	26302	0.011266628	120	26182	-99%
1922	25803	0.01127184	104	25699	-99%
1923	25667	0.01114754	106	25561	-99%
1924	25556	0.010730556	135	25421	-99%
1925	24746	0.010605571	132	24614	-99%
1926	23917	0.010417243	161	23756	-99%
1927	23672	0.010206273	167	23505	-99%
1928	22501	0.009952065	182	22319	-98%
1929	21324	0.009727388	159	21165	-99%
1930	21122	0.009500343	141	20981	-99%
1931	19439	0.009237365	112	19327	-99%
1932	18669	0.008842457	104	18565	-99%
1933	17262	0.008633387	100	17162	-99%
1934	17197	0.008280464	87	17110	-99%
1935	17258	0.008257811	76	17182	-99%
1936	17522	0.008433859	70	17452	-99%
1937	17384	0.008158936	61	17323	-99%
1938	17815	0.008051708	75	17740	-99%
1939	17783	0.008070556	60	17723	-99%
1940	18271	0.00793465	64	18207	-99%
1941	19874	0.008157033	66	19808	-99%
1942	22508	0.008239202	79	22429	-99%
1943	22892	0.00811037	65	22827	-99%
1944	21257	0.007901998	82	21175	-99%
1945	20879	0.007870225	58	20821	-99%
1946	24345	0.007618986	61	24284	-99%
1947	27589	0.007658671	68	27521	-100%
1948	26871	0.007783015	69	26802	-99%
1949	26463	0.007593888	56	26407	-100%
1950	27086	0.00773144	64	27022	-100%
1951	28200	0.007655265	52	28148	-100%
1952	28578	0.007524477	68	28510	-100%
1953	29328	0.007610459	61	29267	-100%
1954	31300	0.007862923	76	31224	-100%
1955	31671	0.007888013	84	31587	-99%
1956	32831	0.007962819	83	32748	-99%
1957	31946	0.007602312	93	31853	-99%
1958	30190	0.007303024	80	30110	-99%
1959	29629	0.007125795	92	29537	-99%
1960	29864	0.007189536	120	29744	-99%
1961	29566	0.007137579	112	29454	-99%
1962	30194	0.007482334	105	30089	-99%
1963	30217	0.007634026	137	30080	-99%
1964	30682	0.007892263	119	30563	-99%
1965	28753	0.007930879	120	28633	-99%
1966	27083	0.0077922	100	26983	-99%
1967	26049	0.007672987	122	25927	-99%
1968	25530	0.007556803	134	25396	-99%
1969	26331	0.007576562	154	26177	-99%
1970	26856	0.007446526	138	26718	-99%
1971	24662	0.007185154	148	24514	-99%
1972	22584	0.007185505	128	22456	-99%
1973	21461	0.007113624	134	21327	-99%
1974	21959	0.007223357	124	21835	-99%
1975	22259	0.007372009	132	22127	-99%
1976	24198	0.007974821	142	24056	-99%
1977	26661	0.008393216	176	26485	-99%
1978	26847	0.008458759	180	26667	-99%
1979	28862	0.008675083	209	28653	-99%
1980	30402	0.00882623	217	30185	-99%
1981	30950	0.008946703	186	30764	-99%
1982	31237	0.008904601	196	31041	-99%
1983	30655	0.008851285	211	30444	-99%
1984	30722	0.008806007	211	30511	-99%
1985	30446	0.008530418	227	30219	-99%
1986	29040	0.008164004	208	28832	-99%
1987	28736	0.007969794	217	28519	-98%
1988	29201	0.00790275	182	29019	-99%
1989	30021	0.007808926	139	29882	-99%
1990	30218	0.00764533	84	30134	-99%
1991	29927	0.007682918	88	29839	-99%
1992	27970	0.00728144	68	27902	-100%
1993	27080	0.007182492	67	27013	-100%
1994	25809	0.006942283	77	25732	-99%
1995	25414	0.00693963	62	25352	-100%
1996	24810	0.006802488	52	24758	-100%
1997	23648	0.006522239	45	23603	-100%
1998	23236	0.006317209	50	23186	-100%
1999	23263	0.006297736	44	23219	-100%
2000	22867	0.006049625	24	22843	-100%
2001	22057	0.005892253	27	22030	-100%
2002	21953	0.005872469	35	21918	-100%
2003	21423	0.005634193	31	21392	-100%
2004	20248	0.005299243	103	20145	-99%
2005	19271	0.005012166	36	19235	-100%
2006	18496	0.004675206	29	18467	-100%
2007	17389	0.00434977	28	17361	-100%
2008	16627	0.004230073	30	16597	-100%
2009	14969	0.003918407	20	14949	-100%
2010	13867	0.003752159	16	13851	-100%
2011	13017	0.003558704	23	12994	-100%
2012	12605	0.003446468	16	12589	-100%
2013	12296	0.003372771	20	12276	-100%
2014	12157	0.003280023	6	12151	-100%
2015	11540	0.00311815	12	11528	-100%
2016	10974	0.002991252	13	10961	-100%
2017	10504	0.0029372	19	10485	-100%
2018	9692	0.002756622	15	9677	-100%
2019	9190	0.002647703	16	9174	-100%
2020	8488	0.002540878	9	8479	-100%
2021	8163	0.002409422	8	8155	-100%
2022	7837	0.002316491	9	7828	-100%
2023	7280	0.002198601	12	7268	-100%
2024	7223	0.002170046		7223	-100%

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