Boy
Josef
Josef is a boy's name, a distinctive, less common pick, that is currently on the rise, with its biggest decade yet in the 2000s.
GermanGerman/Scandinavian form of Joseph
EtymologyMeaning "God will add"
Also spelled: Joseph
Births by decade
1900s
43
1910s
173
1920s
162
1930s
135
1940s
172
1950s
333
1960s
555
1970s
1,025
1980s
1,558
1990s
1,788
2000s
1,831
2010s
840
Peaked in the 2000s · 8,615 total U.S. births since 1900