Josep
Josep is a Catalan masculine given name equivalent to Joseph. People named Josep include:Josep Bargalló, Catalan philologist and former politician Josep Bartolí (1910–1995), Catalan painter, cartoonist and writer Josep (film), 2020 biopic film by Aurel detailing the life of Bartolí Josep Borrell, Spanish politician Josep María Comadevall, Spanish footballer commonly known as Pitu Josep or José…
- Catalan
- Occitan
Meaning & Origin of Josep
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Josep is a Catalan masculine given name equivalent to Joseph. People named Josep include:Josep Bargalló, Catalan philologist and former politician Josep Bartolí (1910–1995), Catalan painter, cartoonist and writer Josep (film), 2020 biopic film by Aurel detailing the life of Bartolí Josep Borrell, Spanish politician Josep María Comadevall, Spanish footballer commonly known as Pitu Josep or José…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Catalan
- Occitan
The Story of Josep
The earliest SSA record of Josep as a baby boy name dates back to 1935, when 6 babies received it. 2011 was its biggest year on record, with 17 newborns named Josep — #5,200 in the national rankings. About 32% of every Josep on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Josep last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 155 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1930s to the 2020s.
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About the name Josep
Josep is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1935 and has accumulated 155 births in the dataset. Josep's peak popularity came in 2011 when it ranked #5,200. Use the chart and map above to compare Josep's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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