# Josep (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/josep/  
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 | 155 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 155 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 6, 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 6 | 7,730 |
| 1992 | 5 | 9,080 |
| 2000 | 6 | 9,671 |
| 2001 | 7 | 8,732 |
| 2003 | 5 | 11,773 |
| 2009 | 9 | 8,644 |
| 2011 | 17 | 5,311 |
| 2012 | 9 | 8,489 |
| 2013 | 6 | 11,420 |
| 2014 | 5 | 13,007 |
| 2017 | 5 | 13,186 |
| 2018 | 7 | 10,163 |
| 2022 | 6 | 11,535 |
| 2023 | 7 | 10,207 |
| 2024 | 6 | 11,609 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |

## People named Josep

- Josep Borrell, Catalan-Spanish diplomat and politician (born 1947)
- Josep Puig i Cadafalch, Catalan architect (1867-1957)
- Josep Comas i Solà, Catalan astronomer (1868-1937)
- Josep Maria Mauri, Catholic cleric and personal representative of the episcopal coprince of Andorra
- Joseph Oller, founder of the famous cabaret Moulin Rouge (1839–1922)
- Josep Sunyol, Catalan football executive (1898-1936)
- Josep Ayala, Andorran association football player
- Josep Gómes, Andorran footballer
- Josep Bonaplata i Corriol, Catalan businessman
- Josep Fontana, Catalan historian
- Josep Manyanet i Vives, Catalan priest (1833-1901)
- Josep Llimona i Bruguera, Catalan artist (1864-1934)

## 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.