Jospeh
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- JOH-zef
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Jospeh is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God will add”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Jospeh mean?
Hebrew: misspelling of Joseph
“God will add”
Almost certainly a mistyped Joseph, the Hebrew name borne by the son of Jacob in the Book of Genesis.
Is Jospeh a girl's or a boy's name?
Jospeh is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jospeh in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,906th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Jospeh, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 1988, with 79 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912.
Half of all the boys named Jospeh in the US since 1880 were born between 1977 and 1994, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 7,311 boys in the US were given Jospeh or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #34, up from #8,906 for this spelling alone.
- Joseph 7,303
- Jospeh 8
Jospeh in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2009 | 13 | #6,432 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 21 | #4,193 |
| 2004 | 26 | #3,530 |
| 2003 | 19 | #4,271 |
| 2002 | 18 | #4,316 |
| 2001 | 19 | #4,115 |
| 2000 | 20 | #3,916 |
| 1999 | 12 | #5,311 |
| 1998 | 22 | #3,386 |
| 1997 | 27 | #2,819 |
| 1996 | 17 | #3,824 |
| 1995 | 18 | #3,553 |
| 1994 | 23 | #3,024 |
| 1993 | 31 | #2,393 |
| 1992 | 42 | #1,909 |
| 1991 | 24 | #2,747 |
| 1990 | 57 | #1,495 |
| 1989 | 45 | #1,700 |
| 1988 | 79 | #1,122 |
| 1987 | 50 | #1,437 |
| 1986 | 44 | #1,510 |
| 1985 | 55 | #1,289 |
| 1984 | 57 | #1,213 |
| 1983 | 45 | #1,398 |
| 1982 | 62 | #1,163 |
| 1981 | 55 | #1,236 |
| 1980 | 35 | #1,655 |
| 1979 | 26 | #1,991 |
| 1978 | 32 | #1,688 |
| 1977 | 34 | #1,607 |
| 1976 | 29 | #1,747 |
| 1975 | 25 | #1,883 |
| 1974 | 17 | #2,356 |
| 1973 | 21 | #1,981 |
| 1972 | 19 | #2,080 |
| 1971 | 18 | #2,202 |
| 1970 | 20 | #1,988 |
| 1969 | 17 | #2,045 |
| 1968 | 14 | #2,199 |
| 1967 | 16 | #1,973 |
| 1966 | 8 | #2,985 |
| 1965 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 7 | #3,317 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 7 | #3,255 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 7 | #3,092 |
| 1951 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,428 |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,536 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,130 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 5 | #3,677 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 5 | #3,957 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 6 | #3,778 |
| 1926 | 9 | #2,902 |
| 1925 | 7 | #3,406 |
| 1924 | 7 | #3,504 |
| 1923 | 6 | #3,819 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 11 | #2,631 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1918 | 13 | #2,259 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,650 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,495 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,268 |
Nicknames for Jospeh
Names like Jospeh
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Josue, Miguel, Jose, Juan, Joshua, Luis, Marquez, Pablo, Marco, Jacob, Marcus, Jordan
Other spellings of Jospeh
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jospeh: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jospeh, updated 20 October 2026.