Joseph is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #42 for boy births in the United States, given to 7,315 babies. Joseph first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 1956 (32,832 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7,315 | #42 |
| 2024 | 7,266 | #44 |
| 2023 | 7,291 | #46 |
| 2022 | 7,848 | #44 |
| 2021 | 8,174 | #40 |
| 2020 | 8,495 | #37 |
| 2019 | 9,195 | #37 |
| 2018 | 9,697 | #36 |
| 2017 | 10,507 | #29 |
| 2016 | 10,982 | #30 |
| 2015 | 11,543 | #30 |
| 2014 | 12,161 | #27 |
| 2013 | 12,298 | #28 |
| 2012 | 12,610 | #27 |
| 2011 | 13,018 | #29 |
| 2010 | 13,867 | #27 |
| 2009 | 14,972 | #23 |
| 2008 | 16,629 | #19 |
| 2007 | 17,392 | #18 |
| 2006 | 18,500 | #14 |
| 2005 | 19,277 | #12 |
| 2004 | 20,250 | #12 |
| 2003 | 21,425 | #8 |
| 2002 | 21,955 | #8 |
| 2001 | 22,057 | #10 |
| 2000 | 22,868 | #10 |
| 1999 | 23,264 | #10 |
| 1998 | 23,236 | #13 |
| 1997 | 23,649 | #14 |
| 1996 | 24,810 | #13 |
| 1995 | 25,416 | #15 |
| 1994 | 25,811 | #14 |
| 1993 | 27,081 | #15 |
| 1992 | 27,972 | #13 |
| 1991 | 29,928 | #11 |
| 1990 | 30,221 | #14 |
| 1989 | 30,023 | #15 |
| 1988 | 29,201 | #15 |
| 1987 | 28,733 | #17 |
| 1986 | 29,042 | #16 |
| 1985 | 30,449 | #15 |
| 1984 | 30,724 | #14 |
| 1983 | 30,653 | #15 |
| 1982 | 31,231 | #14 |
| 1981 | 30,947 | #14 |
| 1980 | 30,402 | #14 |
| 1979 | 28,863 | #13 |
| 1978 | 26,843 | #12 |
| 1977 | 26,659 | #13 |
| 1976 | 24,197 | #16 |
| 1975 | 22,257 | #18 |
| 1974 | 21,958 | #19 |
| 1973 | 21,460 | #18 |
| 1972 | 22,582 | #18 |
| 1971 | 24,665 | #21 |
| 1970 | 26,852 | #20 |
| 1969 | 26,327 | #19 |
| 1968 | 25,530 | #20 |
| 1967 | 26,048 | #18 |
| 1966 | 27,081 | #19 |
| 1965 | 28,750 | #15 |
| 1964 | 30,695 | #14 |
| 1963 | 30,214 | #17 |
| 1962 | 30,195 | #18 |
| 1961 | 29,562 | #17 |
| 1960 | 29,869 | #19 |
| 1959 | 29,631 | #21 |
| 1958 | 30,195 | #20 |
| 1957 | 31,944 | #20 |
| 1956 | 32,832 | #19 |
| 1955 | 31,673 | #21 |
| 1954 | 31,297 | #21 |
| 1953 | 29,330 | #22 |
| 1952 | 28,578 | #20 |
| 1951 | 28,199 | #21 |
| 1950 | 27,086 | #21 |
| 1949 | 26,464 | #22 |
| 1948 | 26,870 | #21 |
| 1947 | 27,588 | #23 |
| 1946 | 24,345 | #23 |
| 1945 | 20,881 | #22 |
| 1944 | 21,258 | #22 |
| 1943 | 22,893 | #22 |
| 1942 | 22,508 | #19 |
| 1941 | 19,874 | #20 |
| 1940 | 18,272 | #20 |
| 1939 | 17,782 | #19 |
| 1938 | 17,817 | #19 |
| 1937 | 17,383 | #18 |
| 1936 | 17,523 | #17 |
| 1935 | 17,257 | #17 |
| 1934 | 17,198 | #17 |
| 1933 | 17,262 | #15 |
| 1932 | 18,670 | #14 |
| 1931 | 19,438 | #13 |
| 1930 | 21,122 | #12 |
| 1929 | 21,324 | #12 |
| 1928 | 22,504 | #13 |
| 1927 | 23,670 | #13 |
| 1926 | 23,917 | #12 |
| 1925 | 24,745 | #11 |
| 1924 | 25,556 | #12 |
| 1923 | 25,667 | #12 |
| 1922 | 25,803 | #11 |
| 1921 | 26,302 | #11 |
| 1920 | 25,699 | #12 |
| 1919 | 24,355 | #12 |
| 1918 | 26,351 | #11 |
| 1917 | 24,855 | #9 |
| 1916 | 23,960 | #9 |
| 1915 | 23,120 | #8 |
| 1914 | 18,898 | #7 |
| 1913 | 14,509 | #9 |
| 1912 | 12,106 | #9 |
| 1911 | 6,516 | #12 |
| 1910 | 5,257 | #14 |
| 1909 | 4,378 | #14 |
| 1908 | 4,183 | #15 |
| 1907 | 3,856 | #17 |
| 1906 | 3,548 | #18 |
| 1905 | 3,324 | #19 |
| 1904 | 3,309 | #18 |
| 1903 | 3,134 | #15 |
| 1902 | 3,106 | #17 |
| 1901 | 2,780 | #15 |
| 1900 | 3,728 | #16 |
| 1899 | 2,698 | #16 |
| 1898 | 3,194 | #15 |
| 1897 | 2,847 | #15 |
| 1896 | 3,075 | #15 |
| 1895 | 3,015 | #16 |
| 1894 | 2,994 | #14 |
| 1893 | 3,023 | #14 |
| 1892 | 3,077 | #14 |
| 1891 | 2,583 | #14 |
| 1890 | 2,681 | #14 |
| 1889 | 2,736 | #12 |
| 1888 | 3,011 | #11 |
| 1887 | 2,469 | #11 |
| 1886 | 2,602 | #11 |
| 1885 | 2,554 | #11 |
| 1884 | 2,716 | #9 |
| 1883 | 2,532 | #9 |
| 1882 | 2,676 | #9 |
| 1881 | 2,466 | #9 |
| 1880 | 2,642 | #8 |