How Many People Are Named Yosef?
people named Yosef are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 32,892 people in the US has this name
Based on 10,612 babies named Yosef in Social Security records from 1951 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
470 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Hebrew form of JOSEPH.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Yosef in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Yosef alive today is about 16 years old, and 84% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 23 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Yosef first appears in the records in 1951 and was given most often in 2024, to 470 babies. In 2025, 413 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1951 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Yosef has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #606, in 2024. In 2025 it ranked #665.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #665 |
| Best rank | #606 (2024) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #692 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Yosef alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Yosef were born in New York than in any other state: about 5,016 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Yosef was given 9.1 times as often in New Jersey, 9 times in New York and 1.7 times in Maryland.
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