Yosef

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Yosef: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Yosef: Recorded since 1967, it reached #293 in 2014, and it stood at #447 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
60times a registrar ranked it
59years from first to last
#293highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1040
1997	#1578
1998	#1367
1999	#1664
2000	#1330
2001	#1467
2002	#1322
2003	#1248
2004	#1160
2005	#1095
2006	#1401
2007	#1306
2008	#943
2009	#1008
2010	#1055
2011	#1087
2012	#977
2013	#910
2014	#1223
2015	#1024
2016	#1271
2017	#1042
2018	#1194
2019	#908
2020	#1150
2021	#1184
2022	#1084
2023	#1071
2024	#1162

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 31 of the 59 years from 1967 to 2025.

In 2024: #305 among boys in Norway, #1162 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1967–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1967
First recorded at #549 among boys in Norway in 1967 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1967–2025
Highest recorded position: #293 among boys in Norway, in 2014 (recorded 1967–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #447 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Yosef appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 31 years beginning in 1967, and has registered 221 births with the name.

Yosef across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Yosef's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#549 (1967)	#293 (2014)	#447 (2025)	31 of 59	221 (1967–2025)	16 (2014)
England and Wales · Boys	#1040 (1996)	#908 (2019)	#1162 (2024)	29 of 29	585 (1996–2024)	32 (2013)

Yosef by decade in Norway · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Yosef in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	4	1 of 10	4
1970s	10	2 of 10	5
1980s	9	2 of 10	5
1990s	14	3 of 10	5
2000s	42	7 of 10	6
2010sbusiest	90	10 of 10	9
2020s	52	6 of 10	9

Across Norway · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 9 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Yosef appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1967 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #293 in Norway in 2014.

Yosef's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1162	24	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1071	27	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1084	26	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1184	23	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1150	23	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#908	32	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1194	22	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1042	28	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1271	21	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1024	28	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1223	21	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#910	32	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#977	29	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1087	24	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1055	26	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1008	26	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#943	28	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1306	17	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1401	14	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1095	19	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1160	16	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1248	13	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1322	11	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1467	9	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1330	10	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1664	7	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1367	9	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1578	7	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1040	13	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#447	6	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#305	13	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#317	12	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#506	4	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#453	5	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#294	12	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#419	7	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#436	7	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#398	9	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#344	12	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#547	4	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#293	16	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#423	8	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#353	11	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#376	10	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#488	6	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#504	6	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#438	8	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#465	7	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#515	5	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#431	7	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#516	5	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#570	4	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#504	6	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#640	4	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#644	4	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#608	5	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#672	4	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#642	4	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#549	6	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#549	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1967 and 2025, ranked in 38 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #293, first reached in 2014.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 32 births, registered in England and Wales in 2013.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 29 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Yonis · #1222, 27y
Yordan · #1860, 11y
Yossi · #1688, 21y
Youcef · #493, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Robel · #293, 34y
Elva · #292, 39y
Ciana · #295, 34y
Anthea · #296, 34y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Ailis · #293, 46y
Cathrina · #293, 19y
Elva · #292, 39y
Laurie · #291, 48y

Yosef was ranked #293 in Norway · Boys in 2014. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Yosef and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Yosef without appearing here.

Yosef moved ahead of

Kelly Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1467 and #1467 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1322 and #3225.
Murray Compare
In 2016 they stood at #1271 and #1271 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #1042 and #2324.
Graeme Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1664 and #1281 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #1330 and #2501.
Brent Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1095 and #1095 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1401 and #2538.

Moved ahead of Yosef

Arlo Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1467 and #1949 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1322 and #848.
Magnus Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1040 and #1337 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #1578 and #1113.
Ollie Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1578 and #2022 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #1367 and #924.
Cooper Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1330 and #1425 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1322 and #907.

Moved the opposite way to Yosef

Geir Compare
Between 1967 and 2024 in Norway · Boys, Yosef went from #549 to #305 while Geir went from #3 to #482.
Paul Compare
Between 1967 and 2024 in Norway · Boys, Yosef went from #549 to #305 while Paul went from #96 to #370.
Rune Compare
Between 1967 and 2024 in Norway · Boys, Yosef went from #549 to #305 while Rune went from #5 to #498.
Tommy Compare
Between 1967 and 2024 in Norway · Boys, Yosef went from #549 to #305 while Tommy went from #53 to #503.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1967 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #293 in Norway in 2014. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Yosef

Yosef at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Yosef across 2 official records

Yosef by decade in Norway · Boys

Yosef appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

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Yosef and the names beside it

Yosef moved ahead of

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Yosef at a glance

Yosef across 2 official records

Yosef by decade in Norway · Boys

Yosef appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Yosef

Yosef and the names beside it

Yosef moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Yosef

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