# Iosif (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/iosif/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 49 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 49 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 458, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 5 | 6,955 |
| 2007 | 5 | 13,089 |
| 2016 | 6 | 11,249 |
| 2019 | 5 | 12,889 |
| 2022 | 5 | 13,090 |
| 2023 | 9 | 8,502 |
| 2024 | 8 | 9,340 |
| 2025 | 6 | 11,186 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 10 | 2,039 |
| 2012 | 10 | 2,117 |
| 2013 | 6 | 2,954 |
| 2014 | 31 | 935 |
| 2015 | 19 | 1,327 |
| 2016 | 33 | 914 |
| 2017 | 32 | 943 |
| 2018 | 26 | 1,061 |
| 2019 | 43 | 753 |
| 2020 | 49 | 690 |
| 2021 | 44 | 761 |
| 2022 | 38 | 825 |
| 2023 | 27 | 1,071 |
| 2024 | 29 | 1,025 |
| 2025 | 32 | 953 |

## People named Iosif

- Iosif Stanieuski, Belarusian catholic archbishop
- Iosif Goshkevich, Belarus orientalist and diplomat (1814–1875)
- Joseph the Hymnographer, Eastern Orthodox hymnographer
- J.J. Mikkola, Finnish philologist, professor and diplomat (1866-1946)
- Joseph Schillinger, American musician (1895-1943)
- Jazep Varonka, Belarusian politician (1891-1952)
- Jazep Sažyč, Belarusian politician and military commander (1917–2007)
- Vincuk Advažny, British opinion journalist, writer and poet (1890-1976)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.