Josef is an uncommon variant of Joseph that peaked in 1999 and has grown less common since.
Josef is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #2,860 for boy births in the United States (and #6,153 across all names), given to 44 babies. Josef first appears in 1900 and peaked in 1999 (220 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44 | 44 | #2,860 |
| 2024 | 63 | 63 | #2,275 |
| 2023 | 61 | 61 | #2,301 |
| 2022 | 59 | 59 | #2,393 |
| 2021 | 72 | 72 | #2,047 |
| 2020 | 66 | 66 | #2,123 |
| 2019 | 81 | 81 | #1,857 |
| 2018 | 84 | 84 | #1,814 |
| 2017 | 81 | 81 | #1,834 |
| 2016 | 92 | 92 | #1,701 |
| 2015 | 91 | 91 | #1,710 |
| 2014 | 113 | 113 | #1,450 |
| 2013 | 108 | 108 | #1,508 |
| 2012 | 95 | 95 | #1,632 |
| 2011 | 137 | 137 | #1,260 |
| 2010 | 129 | 129 | #1,327 |
| 2009 | 125 | 125 | #1,372 |
| 2008 | 158 | 158 | #1,151 |
| 2007 | 165 | 165 | #1,110 |
| 2006 | 191 | 191 | #974 |
| 2005 | 218 | 218 | #846 |
| 2004 | 185 | 185 | #920 |
| 2003 | 188 | 188 | #894 |
| 2002 | 195 | 195 | #852 |
| 2001 | 211 | 211 | #797 |
| 2000 | 198 | 198 | #814 |
| 1999 | 220 | 220 | #738 |
| 1998 | 211 | 211 | #758 |
| 1997 | 183 | — | #804 |
| 1996 | 175 | — | #823 |
| 1995 | 168 | — | #830 |
| 1994 | 179 | — | #791 |
| 1993 | 170 | — | #810 |
| 1992 | 163 | — | #827 |
| 1991 | 154 | — | #834 |
| 1990 | 166 | — | #789 |
| 1989 | 156 | — | #797 |
| 1988 | 177 | — | #706 |
| 1987 | 164 | — | #714 |
| 1986 | 159 | — | #719 |
| 1985 | 172 | — | #678 |
| 1984 | 170 | — | #663 |
| 1983 | 130 | — | #759 |
| 1982 | 149 | — | #713 |
| 1981 | 131 | — | #764 |
| 1980 | 151 | — | #708 |
| 1979 | 161 | — | #673 |
| 1978 | 123 | — | #763 |
| 1977 | 119 | — | #784 |
| 1976 | 96 | — | #852 |
| 1975 | 107 | — | #806 |
| 1974 | 80 | — | #908 |
| 1973 | 78 | — | #908 |
| 1972 | 80 | — | #897 |
| 1971 | 89 | — | #867 |
| 1970 | 93 | — | #838 |
| 1969 | 65 | — | #954 |
| 1968 | 72 | — | #858 |
| 1967 | 41 | — | #1,168 |
| 1966 | 53 | — | #1,000 |
| 1965 | 66 | — | #915 |
| 1964 | 58 | — | #995 |
| 1963 | 54 | — | #1,032 |
| 1962 | 41 | — | #1,222 |
| 1961 | 51 | — | #1,101 |
| 1960 | 53 | — | #1,063 |
| 1959 | 37 | — | #1,287 |
| 1958 | 45 | — | #1,151 |
| 1957 | 49 | — | #1,095 |
| 1956 | 41 | — | #1,197 |
| 1955 | 38 | — | #1,230 |
| 1954 | 32 | — | #1,348 |
| 1953 | 25 | — | #1,535 |
| 1952 | 29 | — | #1,421 |
| 1951 | 21 | — | #1,663 |
| 1950 | 18 | — | #1,780 |
| 1949 | 23 | — | #1,565 |
| 1948 | 19 | — | #1,737 |
| 1947 | 21 | — | #1,677 |
| 1946 | 11 | — | #2,339 |
| 1945 | 20 | — | #1,512 |
| 1944 | 13 | — | #2,038 |
| 1943 | 19 | — | #1,669 |
| 1942 | 21 | — | #1,562 |
| 1941 | 11 | — | #2,266 |
| 1940 | 14 | — | #1,941 |
| 1939 | 13 | — | #2,008 |
| 1938 | 20 | — | #1,543 |
| 1937 | 12 | — | #2,140 |
| 1936 | 15 | — | #1,843 |
| 1935 | 14 | — | #1,985 |
| 1934 | 16 | — | #1,816 |
| 1933 | 9 | — | #2,638 |
| 1932 | 9 | — | #2,739 |
| 1931 | 13 | — | #2,158 |
| 1930 | 14 | — | #2,129 |
| 1929 | 15 | — | #2,053 |
| 1928 | 21 | — | #1,674 |
| 1927 | 16 | — | #2,083 |
| 1926 | 20 | — | #1,759 |
| 1925 | 19 | — | #1,840 |
| 1924 | 21 | — | #1,750 |
| 1923 | 12 | — | #2,527 |
| 1922 | 14 | — | #2,293 |
| 1921 | 7 | — | #3,703 |
| 1920 | 17 | — | #2,004 |
| 1919 | 24 | — | #1,509 |
| 1918 | 14 | — | #2,219 |
| 1917 | 22 | — | #1,561 |
| 1916 | 28 | — | #1,288 |
| 1915 | 24 | — | #1,390 |
| 1914 | 13 | — | #1,824 |
| 1913 | 18 | — | #1,229 |
| 1912 | 12 | — | #1,479 |
| 1911 | 8 | — | #1,338 |
| 1910 | 10 | — | #1,083 |
| 1909 | 11 | — | #925 |
| 1908 | 5 | — | #1,504 |
| 1907 | 7 | — | #1,147 |
| 1906 | 7 | — | #1,062 |
| 1901 | 7 | — | #900 |
| 1900 | 6 | — | #1,240 |