How Many People Are Named Josef?
people named Josef are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 42,263 people in the US has this name
Based on 9,158 babies named Josef in Social Security records from 1900 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
220 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
German, Scandinavian and Czech form of JOSEPH.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Josef in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Josef alive today is about 32 years old, and 49% are under 30. Half of them were between 20 and 43 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Josef first appears in the records in 1900 and was given most often in 1999, to 220 babies. In 2025, 44 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1900 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Josef has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #663, in 1984. In 2025 it ranked #2,859.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,859 |
| Best rank | #663 (1984) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #969 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Josef alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Josef were born in California than in any other state: about 999 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Josef was given 2.9 times as often in New York, 1.6 times in California and 1.6 times in Illinois.
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