NameTides

Yosef

Yosef was the #663 boys' name in the US in 2025 (413 babies), and #1,035 in England & Wales and #756 in Canada.

Yosef as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Yosef as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Yosef as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, 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 & WalesCanada
2025#663 (413)#1,035 (29)#756 (35)
2024#606 (470)#1,162 (24)#1,126 (21)
2023#617 (454)#1,071 (27)#1,079 (21)
2022#654 (421)#1,084 (26)#1,350 (15)
2021#660 (410)#1,184 (23)#1,039 (22)
2020#678 (379)#1,150 (23)#1,129 (19)
2019#667 (394)#908 (32)#1,375 (14)
2018#685 (356)#1,194 (22)#938 (24)
2017#670 (377)#1,042 (28)#1,246 (16)
2016#680 (370)#1,271 (21)#1,159 (18)
2015#708 (353)#1,024 (28)#765 (32)
2014#690 (362)#1,223 (21)#1,152 (17)
2013#676 (356)#910 (32)#920 (24)
2012#683 (346)#977 (29)#1,143 (17)
2011#752 (301)#1,087 (24)#869 (25)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #606.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1951.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,100 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 4,100uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 9,300uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 4,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Yosef is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,800 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 3,300 to 1 in 4,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Yosef 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: #870ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #98NYMassachusetts: 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: #940OHPennsylvania: #1,094PANew Jersey: #76NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,150CAUtah: 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: #364MDDelaware: 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: #754FL
Yosef (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#35313
Ontario2024#1,03310

Yosef (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
YosefCanadaBoys#75635
YosefEngland & WalesBoys#1,03529
YosefNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
YosefUSBoys#663413