JOSEPH is ranked as the 11th most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 2,129,859.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 667.97 people named JOSEPH for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 99% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named JOSEPH is 1,782,432.
The SSA data also shows that JOSEPH is used as a boy's name 100% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
JOSEPH is
80.3% White,
6.5% Hispanic origin,
9.3% Black,
2.0% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.4% Two or More Races,
and 0.6% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name JOSEPH have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name JOSEPH is included in the following name categories:
Common Swedish masculine given name - SCB Data
Common US feminine given name - Census Bureau Data
English masculine given name
Common US masculine given name - Census Bureau Data
English surname
Biblical surname
French masculine given name
US masculine baby name - Social Security Administration
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
Greek Old and New Testament surname
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name JOSEPH
The state with the most people named
JOSEPH is
New York where
257,619 people have this name.
Pennsylvania is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named JOSEPH, as
1371.55 in every 100,000
Pennsylvanians
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
New York.
Pennsylvania is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
Oklahoma
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name JOSEPH
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
105,174
816.53
100.0%
Indiana
42,558
645.12
100.0%
Iowa
13,147
423.14
99.9%
Kansas
11,603
399.56
99.8%
Michigan
71,656
723.08
100.0%
Minnesota
30,037
550.41
99.9%
Missouri
14,233
475.36
99.9%
Nebraska
9,047
480.84
99.8%
North Dakota
2,589
350.16
99.1%
Ohio
97,942
844.75
100.0%
South Dakota
2,812
329.59
99.0%
Wisconsin
37,615
653.32
100.0%
West States
State stats for the first name JOSEPH
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
4,269
579.4
99.7%
Arizona
39,842
591.87
100.0%
California
182,078
469.24
100.0%
Colorado
30,241
564.63
99.9%
Hawaii
6,039
425.39
99.9%
Idaho
6,691
409.39
99.8%
Montana
5,075
495.85
99.7%
Nevada
18,517
652.21
99.9%
New Mexico
11,711
561.54
99.9%
Oregon
17,725
446.44
99.9%
Utah
12,323
418.73
99.8%
Washington
29,847
422.68
99.9%
Wyoming
2,415
413.45
99.4%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name JOSEPH
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Connecticut
23,719
659.46
100.0%
Maine
5,307
399
99.6%
Massachusetts
44,699
662.66
100.0%
New Hampshire
6,830
514.78
99.7%
New Jersey
79,047
884.38
100.0%
New York
257,619
1304.65
100.0%
Pennsylvania
175,383
1371.55
100.0%
Rhode Island
7,765
735.94
99.9%
Vermont
4,198
670.05
99.8%
South States
State stats for the first name JOSEPH
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have JOSEPH as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named JOSEPH.
The most popular full name is JOSEPH Smith.
0.48% of all the people named JOSEPH
have this family name.
There are 118710 last
names associated with this first name.
Top 20 Last Names
paired with the first name JOSEPH