Josef
Josef is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 62 births. Its best rank was 663rd, in 1984.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 620.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1999220 births
- Best rank
- #663in 1984
- Since 1900
- 9,112people given the name
The story in the numbers
9,112 boys have been named Josef in the United States since 1900, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1999, with 220 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1992, and the 2000s alone account for 20%. It has spent 44 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Josef | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 43 | |
| 1910s | 173 | |
| 1920s | 162 | |
| 1930s | 135 | |
| 1940s | 172 | |
| 1950s | 335 | |
| 1960s | 555 | |
| 1970s | 1,026 | |
| 1980s | 1,559 | |
| 1990s | 1,788 | |
| 2000s | 1,833 | |
| 2010s | 1,011 | |
| 2020s | 320 |
In 1999, its biggest year
Josef was the 738th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1999 were Jacob, Michael, Matthew, Joshua and Nicholas. See all of 1999.
Names that rose and fell with Josef
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Antoniopeak 1997
- Josepeak 2002
- Juanpeak 2005
- Franciscopeak 1993
- Juliopeak 1990
- Albertopeak 1991
- Guillermopeak 1998
- Carlospeak 2001
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.