Yosef Boy
How popular is Yosef?
#663 boy name in 2025
413 baby boys were named Yosef in the US in 2025, making it the 663rd most popular boy name.
Yosef popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #663 for boys (▼ 57 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 413 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+17% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #708 in 2015, #678 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2024 (470 boys) |
| Highest rank | #606 in 2024 |
| First recorded | 1951 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Yosef counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Yosef family of names ranked #602 for boys in 2025 (#562 the year before), with 440 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Yosef | 413 | 94% |
| Yoseph | 20 | 5% |
| Yossef | 7 | 2% |
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 Yosef is most popular
Babies named Yosef per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Jersey: 3.2 per 1,000 (645 boys)
- New York: 2.2 per 1,000 (938 boys)
- Maryland: 0.4 per 1,000 (51 boys)
- Florida: 0.2 per 1,000 (84 boys)
- Illinois: 0.2 per 1,000 (43 boys)
Yosef by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 72 | #2,505 |
| 1960s | 91 | #1,809 |
| 1970s | 351 | #1,272 |
| 1980s | 707 | #977 |
| 1990s | 1,148 | #853 |
| 2000s | 2,194 | #749 |
| 2010s | 3,502 | #667 |
| 2020s | 2,547 | #606 |
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Questions
- Is Yosef a boy or girl name?
- Yosef is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Yosef were boys.
- How popular is the name Yosef?
- 413 baby boys were named Yosef in the US in 2025, making it the 663rd most popular boy name.
- When was Yosef most popular?
- Yosef peaked in 2024, when 470 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #606 in 2024.
- How many people are named Yosef?
- 10,612 babies have been named Yosef in the US since 1880. We estimate about 10,411 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 14.
- Where is Yosef most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Yosef was most common in New Jersey, at 3.2 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.