NameTides

Josef

Josef was the #2,833 boys' name in the US in 2025 (44 babies), and #1,798 in England & Wales and #2,269 in Canada.

Josef as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Josef as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaUS
Josef as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#2,833 (44)#1,798 (14)———#2,269 (8)
2024#2,261 (63)#2,444 (9)———#2,238 (8)
2023#2,290 (61)#2,547 (8)———#1,947 (9)
2022#2,379 (59)#1,609 (15)———#2,810 (5)
2021#2,040 (72)#1,595 (15)———#1,898 (9)
2020#2,113 (66)#1,723 (13)———#1,129 (19)
2019#1,849 (81)#1,745 (13)———#1,205 (17)
2018#1,809 (84)#958 (30)———#1,682 (10)
2017#1,829 (81)#1,339 (19)———#1,074 (20)
2016#1,694 (92)#914 (33)———#1,234 (16)
2015#1,703 (91)#1,159 (23)———#1,319 (14)
2014#1,447 (113)#1,281 (20)———#1,311 (14)
2013#1,500 (108)#910 (32)——#422 (8)#1,068 (19)
2012#1,626 (95)#866 (35)———#1,655 (10)
2011#1,257 (137)#852 (34)———#958 (22)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1999 at #737.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1900.

How common is it?

about 1 in 38,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 38,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 20,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 20,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Josef is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 37,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 29,000 to 1 in 48,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Josef by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,202NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,285TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Josef (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
JosefCanadaBoys#2,2698
JosefEngland & WalesBoys#1,79814
JosefIrelandBoys—too few
JosefNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
JosefScotlandBoys—too few
JosefUSBoys#2,83344