Joseph Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Joseph: every year it appeared on the national list since 1880, with 2,669,490 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

Total recorded births

2,669,490

Peak year

1956 #12

Years on the list

146

10-year trend

-22.4%

In the 1950s · Most used in NY in {year}

Popularity history

1880–2025

Year	Births	Rank
2011	12,995	#22
2012	12,594	#19
2013	12,278	#20
2014	12,155	#20
2015	11,531	#21
2016	10,969	#20
2017	10,488	#18
2018	9,682	#23
2019	9,179	#24
2020	8,486	#26
2021	8,166	#28
2022	7,839	#30
2023	7,279	#29
2024	7,261	#32
2025	7,303	#29

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1956

4,892

3,727

1,965

1,885

1,799

1,798

Names from the same era

Steven · 1956 Carl · 1956 Bruce · 1956 Randy · 1956 Daryl · 1956 Gerard · 1956 Robin · 1956 Stewart · 1956 Monte · 1956 Hal · 1956

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