Jozef — #5246 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Jozef

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,184 babies named Jozef between 1914 and 2024, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jozef currently holds the #5246 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 57 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jozef performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 348 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Jozef shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 67 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Jozef in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jozef 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 1,184 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.