Giuseppe
Masculine · “He will add”
Giuseppe is the Italian road to Joseph, and it has been walked for centuries — carried by the veneration of San Giuseppe, whose March feast day still fills Sicilian tables with bread and fava beans. It arrived in American records with Italian emigration and never left, still concentrated in the states where those families settled. In the mouth it is four syllables that land on the doubled p: joo-ZEP-peh.
How old is the name Giuseppe?
Giuseppe first appears in US birth records in 1905 — 120 years ago. The typical Giuseppe alive today was born around 1992, making them about 33 years old. About 5,700 people named Giuseppe are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Giuseppe most popular?
Giuseppe peaked in 1975, reaching #725 nationally. Today it ranks #1459, 734 places below that high. See the whole 1975 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Yosef to Giuseppe
The story of Giuseppe
The source is Hebrew Yosef, borne by the patriarch Joseph of Genesis and later by Joseph the carpenter of the Gospels. Greek translators of the Hebrew Bible rendered it Ioseph, Latin made it Iosephus, and Italian reshaped that into Giuseppe — with the soft g and the doubled consonant that Italian loves. Devotion to San Giuseppe made it one of the most-given men's names in Italy for generation after generation, especially in the south. When Italians crossed to the United States it came with them, which is why it still clusters in New York, New Jersey and California rather than spreading evenly across the map.
Meaning
He will add, or may God add
The name goes back to Hebrew Yosef, understood in Genesis as a wish for another child to come.
How the name formed
- Yosef
- Ioseph
- Iosephus
- Giuseppe
Related forms: Joseph · José · Josef · Yosef · Iosif · Josip
Pronouncing Giuseppe
joo-ZEP-peh
Four syllables in Italian, with the doubled p held slightly and a light final -eh. American speakers often say joo-SEP-ee, dropping to three syllables; both are heard here.
Nicknames for Giuseppe
High
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1905
- Most boys named
- 1976122 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #725reached in 1975
- Change vs 2023
- +8.0%122 in 2025, from 113
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Giuseppe in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Joseph in English — same name
- José in Spanish — same name
- Josef in German — same name
- Yosef in Hebrew — transliteration
- Iosif in Russian — same name
- Josip in Croatian — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, New Jersey, California.
Giuseppes among us
people named Giuseppe are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 14,001 born in 2025 was named Giuseppe
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Mariano test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Giuseppe's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Mariano climbed just as high around 1912, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Mariano's path sketches the road Giuseppe is walking now.
Giuseppe sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Giuseppe is headed
Giuseppe should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
High confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Giuseppe beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Giuseppe in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Unbroken use since long before living memory, in Italy and then in American records, with no gap in the line.
- Has a direct English equivalent in Joseph, so paperwork, relatives and playgrounds all have a ready fallback.
- An unusually deep supply of real short forms: Peppe, Peppino, Beppe, Pino, Joe.
- Recognizable in most of Europe and the Americas through Joseph, José, Josef, Josip and Yosef.
- The spelling trips people up in English: the soft g, the ie, and the doubled p all invite guesses. Expect to correct Giusseppe and Guiseppe fairly often.
- Many English speakers will reach for Joe rather than the full name. If you want the four syllables used, it helps to say them yourself, early and cheerfully.
- It reads as distinctly Italian, which is a pleasure if that is the family story and a slight mismatch if the surname pulls in a very different direction.
- A child with this name is unlikely to meet another at school — good for being known by first name alone, and it does mean introducing the name rather than relying on it being known.
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Frequently asked
- How many Giuseppes are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 5,700 people named Giuseppe are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Giuseppe in 2025?
- Giuseppe ranks #1459 among US boy names in 2025, with 122 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Giuseppe?
- About 1 in every 14,001 US boys born in 2025 was named Giuseppe — 122 in all.
- Will my child share the name Giuseppe with classmates?
- Giuseppe will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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