Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Josef

#1,240 most common boys' name of all time · #2,964 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1900–2025

Rank among boys
#1,240
Rank overall
#2,964 of 105,966
First appeared
1900
Years on the list
122 of 146
All-time
9,158
Since 2016
703
Peak year
1999 #737
Best rank
#664 1984
Girls Boys peak 220/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Josef first appears in 1900. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 44 44 #2,839
2024 — 63 63 #2,264
2023 — 61 61 #2,293
2022 — 59 59 #2,383
2021 — 72 72 #2,042
2020 — 66 66 #2,117
2019 — 81 81 #1,855
2018 — 84 84 #1,812
2017 — 81 81 #1,831
2016 — 92 92 #1,696
2015 — 91 91 #1,709
2014 — 113 113 #1,450
2013 — 108 108 #1,503
2012 — 95 95 #1,628
2011 — 137 137 #1,258
2010 — 129 129 #1,326
2009 — 125 125 #1,370
2008 — 158 158 #1,147
2007 — 165 165 #1,105
2006 — 191 191 #975
2005 — 218 218 #845
2004 — 185 185 #919
2003 — 188 188 #894
2002 — 195 195 #850
2001 — 211 211 #797
2000 — 198 198 #814
1999 — 220 220 #737
1998 — 211 211 #758
1997 — 183 183 #801
1996 — 175 175 #822
1995 — 168 168 #829
1994 — 179 179 #790
1993 — 170 170 #810
1992 — 163 163 #827
1991 — 154 154 #834
1990 — 166 166 #788
1989 — 156 156 #795
1988 — 177 177 #705
1987 — 164 164 #714
1986 — 159 159 #719
1985 — 172 172 #679
1984 — 170 170 #664
1983 — 130 130 #759
1982 — 149 149 #715
1981 — 131 131 #763
1980 — 151 151 #708
1979 — 161 161 #674
1978 — 123 123 #761
1977 — 119 119 #784
1976 — 96 96 #851
1975 — 107 107 #805
1974 — 80 80 #906
1973 — 78 78 #907
1972 — 80 80 #896
1971 — 89 89 #865
1970 — 93 93 #836
1969 — 65 65 #954
1968 — 72 72 #858
1967 — 41 41 #1,175
1966 — 53 53 #1,002
1965 — 66 66 #915
1964 — 58 58 #995
1963 — 54 54 #1,033
1962 — 41 41 #1,221
1961 — 51 51 #1,099
1960 — 53 53 #1,068
1959 — 37 37 #1,291
1958 — 45 45 #1,156
1957 — 49 49 #1,094
1956 — 41 41 #1,199
1955 — 38 38 #1,233
1954 — 32 32 #1,348
1953 — 25 25 #1,529
1952 — 29 29 #1,418
1951 — 21 21 #1,661
1950 — 18 18 #1,782
1949 — 23 23 #1,563
1948 — 19 19 #1,731
1947 — 21 21 #1,680
1946 — 11 11 #2,321
1945 — 20 20 #1,521
1944 — 13 13 #2,041
1943 — 19 19 #1,668
1942 — 21 21 #1,566
1941 — 11 11 #2,270
1940 — 14 14 #1,938
1939 — 13 13 #2,001
1938 — 20 20 #1,544
1937 — 12 12 #2,136
1936 — 15 15 #1,836
1935 — 14 14 #1,974
1934 — 16 16 #1,825
1933 — 9 9 #2,621
1932 — 9 9 #2,715
1931 — 13 13 #2,161
1930 — 14 14 #2,131
1929 — 15 15 #2,055
1928 — 21 21 #1,681
1927 — 16 16 #2,083
1926 — 20 20 #1,751
1925 — 19 19 #1,844
1924 — 21 21 #1,757
1923 — 12 12 #2,506
1922 — 14 14 #2,288
1921 — 7 7 #3,596
1920 — 17 17 #2,014
1919 — 24 24 #1,512
1918 — 14 14 #2,208
1917 — 22 22 #1,569
1916 — 28 28 #1,289
1915 — 24 24 #1,400
1914 — 13 13 #1,831
1913 — 18 18 #1,245
1912 — 12 12 #1,490
1911 — 8 8 #1,366
1910 — 10 10 #1,113
1909 — 11 11 #944
1908 — 5 5 #1,527
1907 — 7 7 #1,191
1906 — 7 7 #1,105
1901 — 7 7 #940
1900 — 6 6 #1,301