Joselito

Boy · recorded 1961–2012

  • 2012last recorded
  • 1973best year

Most popular in 1973.

Last recorded in 2012. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Joselito.

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Its story

Popularity since 1961

0122319611974198719992012

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 47 recorded years as a table
Joselito, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19616
19628
19637
19647
19658
19668
196713
196813
196916
197016
197115
197215
197323
197417
197516
197619
197710
19787
197912
198012
19816
198210
19836
19845
19857
19867
19874
19885
19897
199012
19916
19926
19939
19947
19956
199610
19976
19997
20006
20014
20025
20035
20044
20073
20084
20114
20124

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Joselito isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2012
8
Rank in 2012
#8,864
How rare
1 in 237,118 boys
Since 1961
742

Joselito was last recorded in 2012. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1973, at 23 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Joselito doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.