# Joeseph (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/joeseph/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,849 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,849 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 21, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Non-standard spelling of Joseph.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 45 | 2,736 |
| 2009 | 34 | 3,294 |
| 2010 | 30 | 3,579 |
| 2011 | 32 | 3,395 |
| 2012 | 31 | 3,486 |
| 2013 | 24 | 4,123 |
| 2014 | 19 | 4,967 |
| 2015 | 9 | 8,342 |
| 2016 | 11 | 7,363 |
| 2017 | 9 | 8,474 |
| 2018 | 13 | 6,520 |
| 2019 | 8 | 9,269 |
| 2020 | 9 | 8,372 |
| 2021 | 5 | 13,016 |
| 2023 | 7 | 10,204 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 6 | 1,761 |
| 2001 | 6 | 1,949 |
| 2002 | 3 | 3,225 |
| 2005 | 3 | 3,849 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.