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Yosef

Meaning: God will add
Origin: Hebrew — Variant of Joseph

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

Popularity over time

Yosef reached its best rank, #606, in 2024 and ranked #665 in 2025. About 11,000 boys have carried it since 1951.

Across the states

In recent years, Yosef ran 8–10× its national rate in New Jersey and New York—ranked #77 in New Jersey in 2025.

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

Around the world

See how Yosef ranks in other countries and regions.

#302 in Sweden (2025) · #447 in Norway (2025) · #735 in Ecuador (2025) · #974 in Austria (2025) · #1,063 in England & Wales (2025) · #2,699 in Switzerland (2025) · #1,104 in Canada (2024).

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^he — יוסף ואחיו (Hebrew-language comic strip)

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 · Shlomo · Avraham

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