Masculine dossier · first seen 1882

Josephus

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Josephus
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1923

Peak era

1923

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Generation

Greatest Generation

1882Peak 19232024

Peak year

1923

Decline from peak

100%

2024

All-time

1,211

Josephus is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1923, when 28 boys were named Josephus.

No boys were recorded with this name in 2024 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

All told, about 1,211 Americans have been named Josephus and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1882.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1923

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