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.

Josephus

#4,278 most common boys' name of all time · #10,483 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1882–2023

Rank among boys
#4,278
Rank overall
#10,483 of 105,966
First appeared
1882
Years on the list
103 of 146
All-time
1,211
Since 2016
16
Peak year
1923 #1,393
Best rank
#835 1897
Girls Boys peak 28/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Josephus first appears in 1882. 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
2023 — 5 5 #12,290
2021 — 6 6 #10,844
2017 — 5 5 #12,285
2011 — 7 7 #9,640
2008 — 5 5 #12,608
2004 — 6 6 #9,989
2002 — 5 5 #10,711
2001 — 5 5 #10,588
1998 — 5 5 #9,661
1995 — 5 5 #8,913
1994 — 7 7 #6,994
1993 — 5 5 #8,748
1992 — 7 7 #6,700
1991 — 6 6 #7,306
1990 — 11 11 #4,689
1988 — 6 6 #6,470
1985 — 8 8 #4,727
1983 — 12 12 #3,430
1982 — 13 13 #3,303
1981 — 9 9 #4,180
1980 — 11 11 #3,642
1979 — 6 6 #5,395
1978 — 6 6 #5,095
1977 — 9 9 #3,861
1976 — 14 14 #2,848
1975 — 10 10 #3,453
1974 — 8 8 #3,869
1973 — 9 9 #3,462
1972 — 9 9 #3,375
1971 — 8 8 #3,696
1970 — 10 10 #3,096
1969 — 9 9 #3,092
1968 — 6 6 #3,730
1967 — 5 5 #4,020
1966 — 13 13 #2,235
1965 — 7 7 #3,285
1964 — 5 5 #4,078
1963 — 13 13 #2,317
1962 — 10 10 #2,706
1961 — 11 11 #2,570
1960 — 15 15 #2,137
1959 — 6 6 #3,659
1958 — 9 9 #2,850
1957 — 10 10 #2,663
1956 — 10 10 #2,652
1955 — 15 15 #2,075
1954 — 13 13 #2,230
1953 — 18 18 #1,850
1952 — 19 19 #1,759
1951 — 18 18 #1,790
1950 — 22 22 #1,579
1949 — 25 25 #1,469
1948 — 15 15 #1,959
1947 — 12 12 #2,276
1946 — 12 12 #2,165
1945 — 16 16 #1,718
1944 — 16 16 #1,760
1943 — 14 14 #2,014
1942 — 16 16 #1,821
1941 — 12 12 #2,107
1940 — 19 19 #1,584
1939 — 16 16 #1,736
1938 — 18 18 #1,641
1937 — 12 12 #2,113
1936 — 16 16 #1,744
1935 — 8 8 #2,761
1934 — 20 20 #1,574
1933 — 19 19 #1,609
1932 — 11 11 #2,348
1931 — 19 19 #1,655
1930 — 17 17 #1,832
1929 — 14 14 #2,121
1928 — 22 22 #1,620
1927 — 19 19 #1,818
1926 — 17 17 #1,928
1925 — 19 19 #1,827
1924 — 24 24 #1,592
1923 — 28 28 #1,393
1922 — 22 22 #1,656
1921 — 21 21 #1,721
1920 — 20 20 #1,767
1919 — 23 23 #1,545
1918 — 15 15 #2,098
1917 — 22 22 #1,542
1916 — 19 19 #1,657
1915 — 26 26 #1,322
1914 — 10 10 #2,141
1913 — 13 13 #1,527
1911 — 6 6 #1,604
1910 — 9 9 #1,152
1909 — 6 6 #1,346
1908 — 7 7 #1,160
1904 — 5 5 #1,288
1898 — 5 5 #1,197
1897 — 8 8 #835
1895 — 5 5 #1,165
1890 — 6 6 #958
1889 — 7 7 #852
1886 — 6 6 #922
1885 — 6 6 #906
1884 — 5 5 #1,056
1883 — 5 5 #974
1882 — 6 6 #928