Josef — #2280 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Josef

The Social Security Administration has registered 9,112 babies named Josef between 1900 and 2024, spanning 125 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Josef currently holds the #2280 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 220 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Josef performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,833 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Josef shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,062 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Josef in 31 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Josef in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 9,112 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.