Jozef
Boy · YO-zef · Hebrew
Jozef is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God will add”. In 2025 it ranked 1,473rd for boys in the UK (19 babies) and 5,397th for boys in the US (17 babies).
What does Jozef mean?
Hebrew: Slovak and Polish form of Joseph
“God will add”
Joseph is the son of Jacob in Genesis and the husband of Mary in the New Testament.
- Say it
- YO-zef
Is Jozef a girl's or a boy's name?
Jozef is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 boys in the UK and 17 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jozef in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,473among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 16,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 19 boys in the UK were named Jozef, making it the 1,473rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,150th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 28 boys.
Half of all the boys named Jozef in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,405th in England and Wales.
Jozef in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #1,473 |
| 2024 | 14 | #1,825 |
| 2023 | 20 | #1,399 |
| 2022 | 21 | #1,364 |
| 2021 | 21 | #1,341 |
| 2020 | 26 | #1,150 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,102 |
| 2018 | 27 | #1,119 |
| 2017 | 22 | #1,290 |
| 2016 | 28 | #1,109 |
| 2015 | 25 | #1,167 |
| 2014 | 20 | #1,357 |
| 2013 | 21 | #1,290 |
| 2012 | 26 | #1,128 |
| 2011 | 18 | #1,433 |
| 2010 | 26 | #1,121 |
| 2009 | 12 | #1,852 |
| 2008 | 23 | #1,171 |
| 2007 | 20 | #1,257 |
| 2006 | 19 | #1,207 |
| 2005 | 19 | #1,180 |
| 2004 | 17 | #1,183 |
| 2003 | 18 | #1,081 |
| 2002 | 13 | #1,252 |
| 2001 | 14 | #1,149 |
| 2000 | 18 | #955 |
| 1999 | 14 | #1,087 |
| 1998 | 16 | #980 |
| 1997 | 18 | #899 |
| 1996 | 13 | #1,083 |
How popular is Jozef in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,397among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the US were named Jozef, making it the 5,397th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,536th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 57 boys. It first appears in the records in 1914.
Half of all the boys named Jozef in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jozef in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #5,397 |
| 2024 | 18 | #5,237 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 22 | #4,566 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2020 | 21 | #4,536 |
| 2019 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 2018 | 20 | #4,735 |
| 2017 | 21 | #4,590 |
| 2016 | 20 | #4,775 |
| 2015 | 28 | #3,774 |
| 2014 | 27 | #3,784 |
| 2013 | 29 | #3,580 |
| 2012 | 32 | #3,368 |
| 2011 | 25 | #3,992 |
| 2010 | 20 | #4,676 |
| 2009 | 36 | #3,161 |
| 2008 | 41 | #2,878 |
| 2007 | 35 | #3,186 |
| 2006 | 37 | #2,978 |
| 2005 | 57 | #2,125 |
| 2004 | 28 | #3,364 |
| 2003 | 33 | #2,918 |
| 2002 | 20 | #4,038 |
| 2001 | 31 | #2,926 |
| 2000 | 30 | #2,916 |
| 1999 | 28 | #2,935 |
| 1998 | 30 | #2,708 |
| 1997 | 27 | #2,819 |
| 1996 | 38 | #2,178 |
| 1995 | 24 | #2,918 |
| 1994 | 24 | #2,946 |
| 1993 | 24 | #2,859 |
| 1992 | 13 | #4,319 |
| 1991 | 17 | #3,456 |
| 1990 | 12 | #4,401 |
| 1989 | 13 | #4,011 |
| 1988 | 18 | #2,956 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,567 |
| 1986 | 12 | #3,649 |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 16 | #2,823 |
| 1983 | 14 | #3,070 |
| 1982 | 9 | #4,232 |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,151 |
| 1980 | 14 | #3,097 |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,567 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 13 | #2,685 |
| 1970 | 8 | #3,519 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 7 | #3,229 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,259 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 7 | #3,516 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,207 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,384 |
| 1918 | 15 | #2,072 |
| 1917 | 9 | #2,731 |
| 1916 | 8 | #2,925 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,081 |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,270 |
Nicknames for Jozef
- Joe 67 boys in the UK in 2025
- Józek
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