Yosef

“Variant of Joseph — God will add” — Hebrew origin

Boy's name · #665 in the US (2025) · 2020s

Yosef reached its best rank, #606, in 2024 and ranked #665 in 2025. About 11,000 boys have carried it since 1951. In New Jersey and New York it runs 8–10× its national rate and ranks #72 in New Jersey.

Around the world: about 1 in 1,900 boys in Sweden (2025) · about 1 in 3,900 boys in Norway (2025) · about 1 in 6,900 boys in Canada (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 11 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Yosefs

Yosef Haim Brenner — Russian-born Hebrew-language author (1881-1921)
Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn — Russian orthodox rabbi (1880–1950)
Yosef Hayyim — Iraqi rabbi
Yosef Shiloach — Israeli actor (1941–2011)
Yosef Garfinkel — Israeli archaeologist

In stories & tradition

Yosef (character) — comics character

What Yosefs become

Among 266 notable people named Yosef:

Business leaders appear 7.38× more often than among typical names — e.g. Yosef Maiman, German-born Israeli businessman.

Similar names: Yossi · Mordechai · Yehoshua · Yehuda · Yaakov · Shlomo

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