Yosif — boys' name
37 babies named Yosif in U.S. Social Security records since 2011, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Yosif was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Yosif in 2011 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Yosif
The Social Security Administration has registered 37 babies named Yosif between 2011 and 2016, spanning 6 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Yosif currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Yosif performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 37 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Yosif 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 37 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.
Yosif at a glance
Last recorded 2016Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Yosif popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2011
- Peak year (2011)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 6 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2016.
37 total births across 6 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2011 with 7 births in a single year.
Yosif by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 37 births that decade — 100% of Yosif's all-time total
Yosif decade highlights
- Peak decade 37 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Yosif's strongest decade
37 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2011–2016 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.