# Joesph (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/joesph/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 15,662 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 15,650 / 12 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 12, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 5 | 7,007 |
| 1968 | 7 | 5,879 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 46 | 2,649 |
| 2012 | 56 | 2,311 |
| 2013 | 38 | 2,976 |
| 2014 | 36 | 3,127 |
| 2015 | 26 | 4,025 |
| 2016 | 28 | 3,831 |
| 2017 | 19 | 5,016 |
| 2018 | 18 | 5,195 |
| 2019 | 16 | 5,678 |
| 2020 | 24 | 4,208 |
| 2021 | 18 | 5,228 |
| 2022 | 16 | 5,733 |
| 2023 | 17 | 5,560 |
| 2024 | 14 | 6,322 |
| 2025 | 11 | 7,399 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 5 | 2,020 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4,678 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3,830 |

## 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.