boys:
1.5k births since 1912
#3136 (32nd percentile)
overall:
1.5k births since 1912
#6227 (20th percentile)
The name Jospeh is the #6,227 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,518 recorded births since 1912. This represents the 19.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 19.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,136 (31.6% percentile) for all time with 1,518 births since 1912.
Jospeh first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1912 (first recorded for boys in 1912). Birth data for Jospeh is available in 77 out of the 112 years between 1912 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Jospeh reached its peak popularity in 1988, achieving the 10.2% percentile (ranked #652) with 39 births per million. The name was most common in 1988, with 39 births per million (ranked 10.2% percentile). Despite a low point around 2013, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for boys. Currently, Jospeh ranks #909 for boys (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 9.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jospeh".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Jospeh", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 16 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Joseph" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Joseph..
Our model has identified 16 different pronunciations for the name Jospeh. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 18.8% confident that Jospeh is pronounced as JOH-zehf, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is JOH-zuhf, at 12.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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