Yossef
Yosef is a Hebrew male name derived from the Biblical character Joseph. The name can also consist of the Hebrew yadah meaning "praise", "fame" and the word asaf. It is the Hebrew equivalent of the Arabic name Yusuf and the source of the English name Joseph.
Meaning & Origin of Yossef
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Yosef is a Hebrew male name derived from the Biblical character Joseph. The name can also consist of the Hebrew yadah meaning "praise", "fame" and the word asaf. It is the Hebrew equivalent of the Arabic name Yusuf and the source of the English name Joseph.
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The Story of Yossef
The earliest SSA record of Yossef as a baby boy name dates back to 1997, when 7 babies received it. 2014 was its biggest year on record, with 13 newborns named Yossef — #6,304 in the national rankings. About 42% of every Yossef on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Yossef last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 169 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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About the name Yossef
Yossef is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1997 and has accumulated 169 births in the dataset. Yossef's peak popularity came in 2014 when it ranked #6,304. Use the chart and map above to compare Yossef's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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