girl's name

Josi

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 4
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 1,062

Josi is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 13 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 2002, when 36 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 255,037 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1959.

Josi over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1950s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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'50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Josi by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1950s 8
1960s 23
1970s 88
1980s 130
1990s 236
2000s 269
2010s 187
2020s (to 2025) 118

How popular is Josi?

In 2025, Josi was given to 13 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Josi is used

England & Wales #5,305 3 in 2005
United States #7,937 13 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Josi

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Josi also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Josi over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Josi

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Josi — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Josi

How popular is the name Josi?

In 2025, Josi was given to 13 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Josi a girl's or a boy's name?

Josi is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Josi most popular?

Josi peaked in 2002, when 36 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Josi a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Josi currently ranks #7,937 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.