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.

Yoseph

#4,940 most common boys' name of all time · #12,201 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1975–2025

Rank among boys
#4,940
Rank overall
#12,201 of 105,966
First appeared
1975
Years on the list
48 of 146
All-time
958
Since 2016
198
Peak year
2005 #2,880
Best rank
#2,772 1986
Girls Boys peak 37/yr
198020002020

Yoseph first appears in 1975. 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 — 20 20 #4,928
2024 — 16 16 #5,747
2023 — 18 18 #5,338
2022 — 31 31 #3,654
2021 — 16 16 #5,655
2020 — 16 16 #5,549
2019 — 15 15 #5,916
2018 — 16 16 #5,639
2017 — 30 30 #3,623
2016 — 20 20 #4,838
2015 — 28 28 #3,825
2014 — 31 31 #3,488
2013 — 28 28 #3,705
2012 — 28 28 #3,770
2011 — 27 27 #3,840
2010 — 28 28 #3,760
2009 — 34 34 #3,305
2008 — 29 29 #3,697
2007 — 31 31 #3,478
2006 — 24 24 #4,056
2005 — 37 37 #2,880
2004 — 30 30 #3,257
2003 — 26 26 #3,488
2002 — 21 21 #3,990
2001 — 27 27 #3,290
2000 — 25 25 #3,369
1999 — 19 19 #3,926
1998 — 18 18 #3,941
1997 — 21 21 #3,412
1996 — 16 16 #4,114
1995 — 21 21 #3,274
1994 — 19 19 #3,545
1993 — 19 19 #3,457
1992 — 19 19 #3,424
1991 — 14 14 #4,155
1990 — 13 13 #4,344
1989 — 16 16 #3,591
1988 — 15 15 #3,489
1987 — 16 16 #3,181
1986 — 19 19 #2,772
1985 — 10 10 #4,268
1984 — 7 7 #5,407
1983 — 8 8 #4,820
1982 — 10 10 #4,198
1981 — 9 9 #4,458
1980 — 7 7 #5,392
1978 — 5 5 #6,503
1975 — 5 5 #6,333