# József (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jozsef/  
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 | 141 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 141 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 31, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 6 | 6,833 |
| 1993 | 5 | 9,433 |
| 1997 | 9 | 6,356 |
| 2000 | 5 | 11,258 |
| 2004 | 6 | 10,635 |
| 2005 | 12 | 6,414 |
| 2008 | 5 | 13,537 |
| 2009 | 10 | 7,993 |
| 2010 | 8 | 9,218 |
| 2011 | 8 | 9,166 |
| 2012 | 5 | 13,195 |
| 2013 | 5 | 13,056 |
| 2017 | 6 | 11,450 |
| 2020 | 5 | 13,013 |
| 2023 | 7 | 10,210 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 3 | 3,849 |
| 2009 | 4 | 3,744 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,023 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,013 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |

## People named József

- József Csermák, athletics competitor (1932–2001)
- József Várszegi, athletics competitor (1910–1977)
- József Kovács, athletics competitor (1926–1987)
- József Viola, association football player (1896-1949)
- József Deme, Canoe racer
- József Hunics, Canoe racer
- József Kovács, football player (b. 1949)
- József Kiss, Austro-Hungarian flying ace (1896–1918)
- József Gurovits, Canoe racer
- József Pintér, chess player
- József Pokorny, association footballer (1882-1955)
- József Jakab Winterl, chemist (1739-1809)

## 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.