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Jsoeph

JOH-sef /dʒoʏˈsɛf/

At a glance

U.S. rank 2025
Not in the 2025 data · last seen 1990 (#8,117)
Babies in 1990
5 (<0.01% of boys)
Peak
#3,731 in 1987
First recorded
1969

Meaning of Jsoeph

In its variant orthography “Jsoeph,” the name preserves the classical Hebrew root Yosef, denoting “He will add” or “God increases,” and maintains its foundational association with the biblical patriarch whose narrative in Genesis epitomizes providential fortitude and strategic foresight. Within the Anglo-American onomastic tradition, this iteration has appeared irregularly in late twentieth-century United States Social Security registrations—registering low double-digit annual occurrences and occupying ranks in the mid-700s—an empirical profile that underscores its technical rarity while affirming its consonance with established masculine nomenclature. The systematic inversion of the second and third letters signals a contemporary impulse toward nominal individuation, yet the phonological realization—alternatively [dʒoʏˈsɛf] in American English and [dʒɔˈsɛf] in British English—remains wholly aligned with the parent form. Consequently, “Jsoeph” emerges as a formally measured choice, combining historical gravitas with understated distinctiveness.

How to pronounce Jsoeph

English

Popularity of Jsoeph in the U.S.

Jsoeph was last recorded in the U.S. in 1990, ranked #8,117 with 5 babies. It peaked at #3,731 in 1987. It first appears in the records in 1969.

Bar and line chart: Jsoeph in the U.S., 1969–1990. Bars: boys given the name each year, most 12 in 1987 and 5 in 1990. Line: rank among boy names, peak #3,731 in 1987, #8,117 in 1990.
  • Boys named Jsoeph (left scale)
  • Rank among U.S. boy names (right scale, #1 at the top)
By year, 1969–1990. Source: SSA. Download: PNG · SVG
Year-by-year table, 1969⁠–⁠1990 11 rows
Jsoeph: babies and rank among boy names in the U.S. by year
YearBabiesRankvs previous year
199058,117▼ 2,502
198985,615▲ 1,655
198857,270▼ 3,539
1987123,731▲ 2,195
198665,926▲ 597
198556,523▼ 962
198465,561back (not recorded in 1983)
198265,620▼ 659
198174,961▲ 564
198065,525back (not recorded in 1970–1979)
196954,404new