Yosef
A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning god will increase; a form of Joseph.
How Yosef has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #709 |
| 2016 | #680 |
| 2017 | #673 |
| 2018 | #687 |
| 2019 | #668 |
| 2020 | #678 |
| 2021 | #667 |
| 2022 | #666 |
| 2023 | #625 |
| 2024 | #611 |
| 2025 | #665 |
Yosef by the numbers
In 2025, 29 babies in England and Wales were named Yosef. In the US, 366 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
Other names that come from Joseph
Like Yosef, each of these traces back to Joseph: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Josephhe will add10,379 in the US (2017)
- JoseGod will increase; Spanish form of Joseph4,781 in the US (2017)
- Joeygod will increase; a form of Joseph324 in England and Wales (2025)
- Joegod will increase; a form of Joseph362 in the US (2017)
- Joseygod increases; form of Joseph116 in the US (2017)
- Giuseppegod will increase; Italian form of Joseph109 in the US (2017)
- Josephinagod shall increase; feminine form of Joseph102 in the US (2017)
- Josefinagod will increase; feminine form of Joseph81 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Yosef. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Yousefgod increases; arabic form of Joseph95 in England and Wales (2025)
- Yusefgod increases; a form of Joseph29 in England and Wales (2025)
- Yosifgod will increase; a form of Joseph3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Yusufgod increases; hebrew form joseph798 in England and Wales (2025)
- Youssefgod increases; Arabic form of Joseph35 in England and Wales (2025)
- YousifGod will increase; form of Joseph31 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Yosef
Names that are said the same way as Yosef, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Yousufgod increases; a form of Yusuf or Joseph73 in England and Wales (2025)
- Yousafhandsome; good-looking30 in England and Wales (2025)
- YosephGod will increase; variant of Joseph29 in the US (2017)
- Youssoufgod increases; a form of Joseph11 in the US (2017)
- Yousofgod increases; a form of joseph8 in the US (2017)
- Youcefhe shall increase; form of Youssef7 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean God
Like Yosef, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Yosef
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