How Many People Are Named Josephus?
people named Josephus are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 703,261 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,211 babies named Josephus in Social Security records from 1882 to 2023, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
28 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Latin form of JOSEPH. This form is used by Dutch Catholics. In English, it is used primarily to refer to the 1st-century Jewish historian Titus Flavius Josephus.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Josephus in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Josephus alive today is about 56 years old, and 48% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 43 and 73 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Josephus first appears in the records in 1882 and was given most often in 1923, to 28 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2023.
Babies given the name each year, 1882 to 2023
🏆 Rank History
Josephus has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #824, in 1897.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #824 (1897) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,718 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Josephus alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Josephus were born in Georgia than in any other state: about 10 of those alive today.
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