Yosef is a distinctive choice, ranked #1035 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Yosef in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#1035
US Rank #665
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About the Name Yosef
Yosef has held its ground, ranked #1,035 in 2025 and never far from its best of #908 in 2019 — a name with lasting rather than trend-driven appeal. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Yosef is uncommon in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Yosef in their class.
In the US it ranks even higher at #611, where it enjoys a particularly strong following.
⭐ Famous People Named Yosef
Yosef Abramowitz — Yosef Abramowitz is an Israeli-American environmentalist, solar energy pioneer and activist.
Jwan Yosef — Jwan Yosef is a Syrian-Swedish painter and artist.
Yosef Burg — Shlomo Joseph Burg was a German-born Israeli politician.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Yosef
Unlikely. With around 29 UK babies named Yosef per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Yosef in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Yosef is rising: up 115 places since 2020, to #1,035 in 2025. Its best recorded position was #908 in 2019.
Yosef is more popular in the US (#611) than in the UK (#1162). Names with strong rankings in both countries tend to have broad cross-cultural appeal, working well for international families or those with ties to both nations.
Notable people named Yosef include: Yosef Abramowitz, Jwan Yosef and Yosef Mendelevitch. Short summaries for each appear below.
Yosef ranks #611 in the US top 1,000 (2024). It's recognised in America but considerably more popular in the UK.
29
UK babies named Yosef (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
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In a school of 600
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Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Yosef
Almost certainly the only Yosef in the class
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UK Popularity (1996–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
US Popularity (2020–2025)
Rank · SSA official data
✨ Similar names to Yosef
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Yosef Mendelevitch (or Mendelovitch) is a refusenik from the former Soviet Union, also known as a "Prisoner of Zion" and now a politically unaffiliated rabbi living in Jerusalem who gained fame for his adherence to Judaism and public attempts to emigrate to Israel at a time when it was against the law in the USSR.
Ovadia Yosef (Hebrew: עובדיה יוסף, romanized: Ovadya Yosef, Arabic: عبد الله يوسف, romanized: ‘Abd Allāh Yūsuf; September 24, 1920 – October 7, 2013), also known as Maran (Hebrew: מרן; lit. 'Our Master'), was an Iraqi-born Talmudic scholar, hakham, posek, and the Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel from 1972 to 1983.
The Yosef family is an Israeli family noted for prominent Mizrahi Rabbis, and for its involvement in Israeli politics through the Shas political party.
Yosef ben Shmuel ha-Levi ha-Nagid (Joseph ibn Naghrela, or Joseph ha-Nagid; Hebrew: רבי יהוסף בן שמואל הלוי הנגיד Ribbi Yehosef ben Shemu'el ha-Lewi ha-Nagid; Arabic: ابو حسين بن النغريلة Abu Hussein bin Naghrela; Arabic: اأو حسين بن ٱلنغريلة, translit.
Yosef Hayim (Iraqi Hebrew: Yoseph Ḥayyim; Hebrew: יוסף חיים מבגדאד; or Yosef Chaim) was a leading Baghdadi hakham (Sephardi rabbi), authority on halakha (Jewish law), and Master Kabbalist.