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 0.012797891 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 0.010054295 18 2993 -99%
1889 2736 0.009468897 7 2729 -99%
1890 2681 0.008895126 11 2670 -99%
1891 2583 0.009010297 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 0.008373203 23 3171 -99%
1899 2698 0.007953213 19 2679 -99%
1900 3728 0.008279679 14 3714 -99%
1901 2780 0.00803905 14 2766 -99%
1902 3106 0.00803138 8 3098 -99%
1903 3134 0.008221363 13 3121 -99%
1904 3309 0.008201049 18 3291 -99%
1905 3324 0.007841028 22 3302 -99%
1906 3548 0.008280993 21 3527 -99%
1907 3856 0.008285507 12 3844 -99%
1908 4183 0.008560319 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 0.01225228 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 0.012386174 77 23883 -99%
1917 24855 0.012385698 94 24761 -99%
1918 26351 0.012137098 90 26261 -99%
1919 24355 0.011541303 89 24266 -99%
1920 25699 0.011357957 112 25587 -99%
1921 26302 0.011266638 120 26182 -99%
1922 25803 0.011271845 104 25699 -99%
1923 25667 0.011147526 106 25561 -99%
1924 25556 0.010730542 135 25421 -99%
1925 24745 0.010605128 132 24613 -99%
1926 23917 0.010417279 161 23756 -99%
1927 23673 0.010206691 167 23506 -99%
1928 22501 0.00995213 182 22319 -98%
1929 21325 0.009727884 159 21166 -99%
1930 21119 0.009498994 141 20978 -99%
1931 19439 0.009237457 112 19327 -99%
1932 18671 0.008843459 104 18567 -99%
1933 17261 0.008632951 100 17161 -99%
1934 17197 0.008280519 87 17110 -99%
1935 17258 0.008257922 76 17182 -99%
1936 17522 0.008433928 70 17452 -99%
1937 17383 0.008158612 61 17322 -99%
1938 17815 0.008051716 75 17740 -99%
1939 17783 0.008070621 60 17723 -99%
1940 18270 0.007934381 64 18206 -99%
1941 19874 0.008157191 66 19808 -99%
1942 22508 0.008239383 79 22429 -99%
1943 22891 0.008110025 65 22826 -99%
1944 21257 0.007902066 82 21175 -99%
1945 20880 0.007870724 58 20822 -99%
1946 24344 0.007618747 61 24283 -99%
1947 27587 0.007658248 68 27519 -100%
1948 26872 0.007783332 69 26803 -99%
1949 26460 0.007593108 56 26404 -100%
1950 27085 0.007731132 64 27021 -100%
1951 28202 0.007655846 52 28150 -100%
1952 28579 0.007524738 68 28511 -100%
1953 29327 0.007610263 61 29266 -100%
1954 31301 0.007863222 76 31225 -100%
1955 31667 0.00788711 84 31583 -99%
1956 32833 0.007963303 83 32750 -99%
1957 31943 0.007601744 93 31850 -99%
1958 30187 0.007301689 81 30106 -99%
1959 29619 0.007125569 92 29527 -99%
1960 29860 0.007188389 120 29740 -99%
1961 29568 0.007138662 112 29456 -99%
1962 30190 0.007482364 105 30085 -99%
1963 30213 0.00763276 137 30076 -99%
1964 30678 0.007891317 118 30560 -99%
1965 28757 0.007931913 120 28637 -99%
1966 27084 0.007792676 100 26984 -99%
1967 26053 0.007674197 122 25931 -99%
1968 25528 0.007556322 134 25394 -99%
1969 26334 0.007577369 154 26180 -99%
1970 26858 0.007447105 138 26720 -99%
1971 24664 0.007185886 148 24516 -99%
1972 22585 0.007185769 128 22457 -99%
1973 21461 0.007113707 134 21327 -99%
1974 21958 0.007223026 124 21834 -99%
1975 22258 0.007371729 132 22126 -99%
1976 24197 0.00797446 142 24055 -99%
1977 26663 0.008394063 176 26487 -99%
1978 26845 0.008458261 180 26665 -99%
1979 28862 0.008675184 209 28653 -99%
1980 30401 0.00882598 217 30184 -99%
1981 30951 0.008947098 186 30765 -99%
1982 31236 0.008904369 196 31040 -99%
1983 30659 0.008852601 211 30448 -99%
1984 30722 0.008806257 211 30511 -99%
1985 30446 0.008530741 227 30219 -99%
1986 29042 0.00816487 208 28834 -99%
1987 28736 0.007970068 217 28519 -98%
1988 29199 0.007902598 182 29017 -99%
1989 30021 0.007809159 139 29882 -99%
1990 30213 0.007644512 84 30129 -99%
1991 29926 0.00768301 88 29838 -99%
1992 27969 0.007281546 68 27901 -100%
1993 27080 0.007182767 67 27013 -100%
1994 25807 0.006942066 77 25730 -99%
1995 25411 0.006939067 62 25349 -100%
1996 24808 0.006802221 52 24756 -100%
1997 23646 0.006521897 45 23601 -100%
1998 23235 0.006317141 50 23185 -100%
1999 23262 0.006297668 44 23218 -100%
2000 22867 0.006049805 24 22843 -100%
2001 22053 0.005891379 27 22026 -100%
2002 21951 0.005872183 35 21916 -100%
2003 21416 0.005632801 31 21385 -100%
2004 20245 0.00529886 103 20142 -99%
2005 19268 0.005011774 36 19232 -100%
2006 18492 0.004674661 29 18463 -100%
2007 17384 0.004348982 28 17356 -100%
2008 16625 0.004230174 30 16595 -100%
2009 14965 0.003918058 20 14945 -100%
2010 13867 0.003752761 16 13851 -100%
2011 13015 0.003558779 23 12992 -100%
2012 12603 0.0034466 16 12587 -100%
2013 12294 0.003373023 20 12274 -100%
2014 12151 0.003279254 6 12145 -100%
2015 11538 0.003118506 12 11526 -100%
2016 10970 0.00299112 13 10957 -100%
2017 10498 0.002936736 19 10479 -100%
2018 9684 0.002755716 15 9669 -100%
2019 9178 0.002645879 16 9162 -100%
2020 8474 0.002538764 9 8465 -100%
2021 8154 0.002409085 8 8146 -100%
2022 7820 0.002314561 9 7811 -100%
2023 7249 0.002198501 12 7237 -100%