Name meaning & stats
Yosef
Yosef means “praise” (Hebrew origin). 10,612 US babies since 1940, peak 2024.
What it means
“praise”
HebrewWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 2024
10,612 US babies were named Yosef between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Yosef (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 90% of the family
- Yosef 90%
- Yoseph 8%
- Yossef 1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2024)