Yossef
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- YOH-sef
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Yossef is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “he will add”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Yossef mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Yosef; Hebrew form of Joseph
“he will add”
The Hebrew form of Joseph, the son of Jacob famed for his coat and his interpretation of Pharaoh's dreams.
Meaning borrowed from Yosef. More on Wiktionary.
Is Yossef a girl's or a boy's name?
Yossef is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yossef in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,710th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Yossef, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 1997.
Half of all the boys named Yossef in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 440 boys in the US were given Yossef or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #606, up from #9,710 for this spelling alone.
Yossef in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
Names like Yossef
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Yusuf, Yael, Axel, Zakai, Zion, Yahir, Musa, Ezra, Zamir, Asher, Abdiel, Jaziel
Other spellings of Yossef
Names related to Yossef
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Yossef: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yossef, updated 20 October 2026.