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Iosif

#11,182 in 2025Boys' name

English equivalent of Joseph

Iosif has been given to 49 babies in the U.S. since 1985. In 2025 it ranked #11,182 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2023, with 9 recorded.

Babies named Iosif, 2025

1 in 553,000

Iosif over time, 1880–2025

Boys
02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Iosif: meaning, origin, and history

English equivalent of Joseph

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Iosif means

Iosif is a English equivalent of Joseph.

Origin, language, and formation

Iosif is used in Romanian.

Iosif comes through Ancient Greek Ἰωσήφ and Hebrew יוֹסֵף.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Joseph.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 49 boys were recorded with the name Iosif between 1985 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 9 in 2023; its best national rank was #6,949 in 1985.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Iosif?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 553,000
6 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 285,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#11,182
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
382,984 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Iosif sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 382,984 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Iosif. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Iosifs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Iosif was born before 2022 — so the typical Iosif is around 3 today.

Median birth year
2022
About 3 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
57.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
89.8%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
49
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 57.1% of all recorded uses (28).

Is Iosif rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−1,847
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
—
Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
—
Not published both years
Share of its own peak
66.7%
Peak was 2023 (9)
Years since peak
2
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
38.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#6,949
1985

Spellings of Iosif

Iosif is not the most common spelling — Yosef is, with 43.0% against Iosif's 0.20%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Iosif around the world

Where Iosif ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2007–2025
    #953
    in 2025
  • Northern Ireland
    2022–2022
    #414
    in 2022
  • Ireland
    2007–2025
    #577
    in 2025
  • France
    2003–2025
    #2,492
    in 2025
  • South Australia
    1959–1985
    #449
    in 1985

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Iosif by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#11,182
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#6,949
1985
Peak year
2023
9 that year
First recorded
1985
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
49
Count in 2025
6

Names similar to Iosif

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

IosefaIosuaWasifNasifYosifYusifJosifIosephYoussifTausifAsifTawsifYousif

Sibling names for Iosif

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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