Name Trends

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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 0.012797758 10 2456 -99%
1882 2676 0.012079464 6 2670 -100%
1883 2532 0.011671161 17 2515 -99%
1884 2716 0.011155791 9 2707 -99%
1885 2554 0.010603935 14 2540 -99%
1886 2602 0.010191252 8 2594 -99%
1887 2469 0.009980072 13 2456 -99%
1888 3011 0.010054328 18 2993 -99%
1889 2736 0.009468897 7 2729 -99%
1890 2681 0.008895126 11 2670 -99%
1891 2583 0.009010329 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 0.00858923 23 2992 -98%
1896 3075 0.008601784 24 3051 -98%
1897 2847 0.008205628 20 2827 -99%
1898 3194 0.00837318 23 3171 -99%
1899 2698 0.007953236 19 2679 -99%
1900 3728 0.008279642 14 3714 -99%
1901 2780 0.00803905 14 2766 -99%
1902 3106 0.008031402 8 3098 -99%
1903 3134 0.008221363 13 3121 -99%
1904 3309 0.008201049 18 3291 -99%
1905 3324 0.00784101 22 3302 -99%
1906 3548 0.008280993 21 3527 -99%
1907 3856 0.008285488 12 3844 -99%
1908 4183 0.008560284 21 4162 -99%
1909 4378 0.008563761 30 4348 -99%
1910 5257 0.00889943 29 5228 -99%
1911 6516 0.01011363 28 6488 -99%
1912 12106 0.012252293 44 12062 -99%
1913 14509 0.012759528 38 14471 -99%
1914 18898 0.013342785 69 18829 -99%
1915 23120 0.012617126 69 23051 -99%
1916 23960 0.012386154 77 23883 -99%
1917 24856 0.012386166 94 24762 -99%
1918 26351 0.012137109 90 26261 -99%
1919 24355 0.011541281 89 24266 -99%
1920 25699 0.011357921 112 25587 -99%
1921 26302 0.011266633 120 26182 -99%
1922 25803 0.01127186 104 25699 -99%
1923 25668 0.011147912 106 25562 -99%
1924 25555 0.010730087 135 25420 -99%
1925 24745 0.010605056 132 24613 -99%
1926 23920 0.01041859 161 23759 -99%
1927 23672 0.010206286 167 23505 -99%
1928 22500 0.009951784 182 22318 -98%
1929 21325 0.009727809 159 21166 -99%
1930 21119 0.009499028 141 20978 -99%
1931 19440 0.009238016 112 19328 -99%
1932 18670 0.008843048 104 18566 -99%
1933 17263 0.008634056 100 17163 -99%
1934 17196 0.008280181 87 17109 -99%
1935 17254 0.008256217 76 17178 -99%
1936 17523 0.008434555 70 17453 -99%
1937 17384 0.008159112 61 17323 -99%
1938 17814 0.008051296 75 17739 -99%
1939 17780 0.008069329 60 17720 -99%
1940 18271 0.007934947 64 18207 -99%
1941 19873 0.008156908 66 19807 -99%
1942 22506 0.008238747 79 22427 -99%
1943 22892 0.008110523 65 22827 -99%
1944 21257 0.00790221 82 21175 -99%
1945 20879 0.007870407 58 20821 -99%
1946 24343 0.007618501 61 24282 -99%
1947 27588 0.007658606 68 27520 -100%
1948 26872 0.007783391 69 26803 -99%
1949 26460 0.007593165 56 26404 -100%
1950 27085 0.007731053 64 27021 -100%
1951 28204 0.007656297 53 28151 -100%
1952 28580 0.007524946 68 28512 -100%
1953 29324 0.00760949 60 29264 -100%
1954 31300 0.007862919 76 31224 -100%
1955 31667 0.007887039 84 31583 -99%
1956 32829 0.007962242 83 32746 -99%
1957 31944 0.007601201 93 31851 -99%
1958 30171 0.007300436 81 30090 -99%
1959 29628 0.007127732 92 29536 -99%
1960 29865 0.007188953 120 29745 -99%
1961 29564 0.007139466 112 29452 -99%
1962 30182 0.007479961 105 30077 -99%
1963 30224 0.007635042 137 30087 -99%
1964 30676 0.007890581 118 30558 -99%
1965 28760 0.007932425 120 28640 -99%
1966 27090 0.007794268 100 26990 -99%
1967 26052 0.007673615 122 25930 -99%
1968 25528 0.007555889 134 25394 -99%
1969 26343 0.00757931 154 26189 -99%
1970 26863 0.007447816 138 26725 -99%
1971 24668 0.007186636 148 24520 -99%
1972 22588 0.007186035 128 22460 -99%
1973 21468 0.007115392 134 21334 -99%
1974 21959 0.007222866 124 21835 -99%
1975 22263 0.007372513 132 22131 -99%
1976 24205 0.00797625 142 24063 -99%
1977 26666 0.008394238 176 26490 -99%
1978 26849 0.008458533 180 26669 -99%
1979 28864 0.008674867 209 28655 -99%
1980 30406 0.008826537 217 30189 -99%
1981 30952 0.00894673 186 30766 -99%
1982 31247 0.008906897 196 31051 -99%
1983 30666 0.008854203 211 30455 -99%
1984 30724 0.008806628 211 30513 -99%
1985 30448 0.008531208 227 30221 -99%
1986 29043 0.008165139 208 28835 -99%
1987 28743 0.007972122 217 28526 -98%
1988 29197 0.007902275 182 29015 -99%
1989 30019 0.007808698 139 29880 -99%
1990 30211 0.007644279 84 30127 -99%
1991 29923 0.007682437 88 29835 -99%
1992 27971 0.007282286 68 27903 -100%
1993 27078 0.007182526 67 27011 -100%
1994 25808 0.006942569 77 25731 -99%
1995 25406 0.006937953 62 25344 -100%
1996 24809 0.00680273 52 24757 -100%
1997 23645 0.006521809 45 23600 -100%
1998 23235 0.006317324 50 23185 -100%
1999 23260 0.00629735 44 23216 -100%
2000 22866 0.006049818 24 22842 -100%
2001 22052 0.005891383 27 22025 -100%
2002 21948 0.005871912 35 21913 -100%
2003 21413 0.005632391 31 21382 -100%
2004 20242 0.005298455 103 20139 -99%
2005 19265 0.005011489 36 19229 -100%
2006 18488 0.004674214 29 18459 -100%
2007 17375 0.004347393 28 17347 -100%
2008 16620 0.004229623 30 16590 -100%
2009 14957 0.003916652 20 14937 -100%
2010 13864 0.003752678 16 13848 -100%
2011 13010 0.003558233 23 12987 -100%
2012 12598 0.003446113 16 12582 -100%
2013 12288 0.003372441 20 12268 -100%
2014 12143 0.003278183 6 12137 -100%
2015 11533 0.003118386 12 11521 -100%
2016 10968 0.002991931 13 10955 -100%
2017 10486 0.002934987 19 10467 -100%
2018 9671 0.002753898 15 9656 -100%
2019 9168 0.002645261 16 9152 -100%
2020 8467 0.002539607 9 8458 -100%
2021 8137 0.002407601 8 8129 -100%
2022 7778 0.002313575 7 7771 -100%