Hebrew Yosef, "he will add" — god will add. The dreamer with the coat of many colours, and the carpenter of Nazareth.
Joseph ranks 29th among American boys in 2025, with 7,315 born that year. Its best year was 1956, when 32,832 babies were given the name, ranking 12th. The typical living American called Joseph is about 49 years old today. It is relatively most common in Alaska, where it accounts for 0.54% of births.
Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.