Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Joseangel

#4,224 most common boys' name of all time · #10,341 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1972–2025

Rank among boys
#4,224
Rank overall
#10,341 of 105,966
First appeared
1972
Years on the list
48 of 146
All-time
1,235
Since 2016
211
Peak year
2009 #2,395
Best rank
#2,070 2001
Girls Boys peak 54/yr
198020002020

Joseangel first appears in 1972. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 15 15 #5,960
2024 — 18 18 #5,306
2023 — 12 12 #7,022
2022 — 14 14 #6,243
2021 — 11 11 #7,228
2020 — 17 17 #5,313
2019 — 25 25 #4,159
2018 — 25 25 #4,139
2017 — 35 35 #3,276
2016 — 39 39 #3,023
2015 — 34 34 #3,327
2014 — 33 33 #3,328
2013 — 54 54 #2,351
2012 — 50 50 #2,505
2011 — 47 47 #2,613
2010 — 38 38 #3,043
2009 — 54 54 #2,395
2008 — 52 52 #2,448
2007 — 45 45 #2,706
2006 — 39 39 #2,908
2005 — 47 47 #2,452
2004 — 40 40 #2,677
2003 — 33 33 #2,963
2002 — 41 41 #2,452
2001 — 51 51 #2,070
2000 — 43 43 #2,276
1999 — 23 23 #3,430
1998 — 25 25 #3,156
1997 — 35 35 #2,377
1996 — 26 26 #2,879
1995 — 20 20 #3,372
1994 — 13 13 #4,670
1993 — 14 14 #4,360
1992 — 10 10 #5,464
1991 — 15 15 #3,936
1990 — 17 17 #3,564
1989 — 20 20 #3,070
1988 — 23 23 #2,583
1987 — 14 14 #3,476
1986 — 18 18 #2,863
1985 — 8 8 #5,003
1984 — 5 5 #6,849
1982 — 5 5 #6,916
1981 — 9 9 #4,416
1978 — 7 7 #4,921
1976 — 6 6 #5,422
1974 — 5 5 #5,796
1972 — 5 5 #5,671