Meaning and history
Jósef is a German, Czech, and Scandinavian form of Joseph.
20062006: 191 births, rank #974
2007: 165 births, rank #1,102
2008: 158 births, rank #1,146
2009: 125 births, rank #1,367
2010: 129 births, rank #1,323
20112011: 137 births, rank #1,257
2012: 95 births, rank #1,626
2013: 108 births, rank #1,500
2014: 113 births, rank #1,447
2015: 91 births, rank #1,703
20162016: 92 births, rank #1,694
2017: 81 births, rank #1,829
2018: 84 births, rank #1,809
2019: 81 births, rank #1,849
2020: 66 births, rank #2,113
20212021: 72 births, rank #2,040
2022: 59 births, rank #2,379
2023: 61 births, rank #2,290
2024: 63 births, rank #2,261
20252025: 44 births, rank #2,833
Josef moved from #846 to #974 for boys between 2005 and 2006. Its highest annual birth count came in 1999, with 220 births.