How rare is the name Yosef?

7,990 people in the United States have the first name Yosef, about 1 in 37,801. It ranks #2,876 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

YOSEF

#2,876

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,990
About
1 in 37,801
This common or more
81.1%
Who bears it

Of the 7,990 people named Yosef, 83.2% reported their origin as White, 8.7% as Black and 5.2% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Yosef peaked in 2024, when 470 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19512025
Peak year
2024
Births that year
470
In 2025*
413 ▼12%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 10,612 babies have been given the name since 1951. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Yosef by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,313. The largest share of babies named Yosef, 48.2%, were born in 2013 or later.

1950s#6,94772
1960s#6,83191
1970s#3,672351
1980s#2,723707
1990s#2,4641,148
2000s#1,9292,194
2010s#1,4803,502
2020s#1,3132,547
Baby boom 1946–641%
Generation X 1965–804.2%
Millennials 1981–9613.2%
Generation Z 1997–1233.4%
2013 and later48.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Yosef is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Yosef has been most common in New Jersey (8.6×), New York (7.2×), and Maryland (1.9×), and least common in Michigan (0.09×).

9,155 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Yosef

#2,874 Scottie · 8,009#2,875 Tegan · 7,995#2,877 Lyndon · 7,982#2,878 Judson · 7,980

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Yosef, most common first.

#3,146 Yousef · 6,930#29,411 Yossef · 301#36,737 Yosief · 215#42,763 Yosif · 167

Also a last name

As a last name, Yosef ranks #39,490 of 156,621, with 601 people. See Yosef as a last name

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