Jozef Boy
How popular is Jozef?
#5,397 boy name in 2025
17 baby boys were named Jozef in the US in 2025, making it the 5397th most popular boy name.
Jozef popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #5,397 for boys (▼ 160 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 17 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-39% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,774 in 2015, #4,536 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2005 (57 boys) |
| Highest rank | #2,072 in 1918 |
| First recorded | 1914 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Jozef counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Joseph family of names ranked #34 for boys in 2025 (#38 the year before), with 7,364 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Jozef is most popular
Babies named Jozef per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Illinois: 0.0 per 1,000 (10 boys)
- Michigan: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
Jozef by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 60 | #2,072 |
| 1920s | 23 | #3,207 |
| 1960s | 7 | #3,230 |
| 1970s | 53 | #2,685 |
| 1980s | 122 | #2,823 |
| 1990s | 237 | #2,178 |
| 2000s | 348 | #2,125 |
| 2010s | 242 | #3,369 |
| 2020s | 109 | #4,536 |
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Questions
- Is Jozef a boy or girl name?
- Jozef is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Jozef were boys.
- How popular is the name Jozef?
- 17 baby boys were named Jozef in the US in 2025, making it the 5397th most popular boy name.
- When was Jozef most popular?
- Jozef peaked in 2005, when 57 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,072 in 1918.
- How many people are named Jozef?
- 1,201 babies have been named Jozef in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,092 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 21.
- Where is Jozef most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Jozef was most common in Illinois, at 0.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.