Josi
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- JOH-zee
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #7,883 for girls
Josi is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “he will add”. In 2025 it ranked 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
What does Josi mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Josie; pet form of Josephine
“he will add”
Meaning borrowed from Josie. More on Wiktionary.
Is Josi a girl's or a boy's name?
Josi is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Josi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,883rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Josi, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,663rd. Its busiest year was 2002, with 36 girls. It first appears in the records in 1959.
2025 had fewer girls named Josi than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Josi in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,152 girls in the US were given Josi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #100, up from #7,883 for this spelling alone.
Josi in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2023 | 23 | #5,386 |
| 2022 | 20 | #5,981 |
| 2021 | 22 | #5,569 |
| 2020 | 21 | #5,663 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 22 | #5,657 |
| 2016 | 18 | #6,660 |
| 2015 | 20 | #6,234 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,744 |
| 2012 | 21 | #6,107 |
| 2011 | 19 | #6,561 |
| 2010 | 26 | #5,245 |
| 2009 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2008 | 22 | #6,127 |
| 2007 | 22 | #6,089 |
| 2006 | 30 | #4,684 |
| 2005 | 31 | #4,369 |
| 2004 | 29 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 21 | #5,581 |
| 2002 | 36 | #3,650 |
| 2001 | 32 | #3,936 |
| 2000 | 27 | #4,395 |
| 1999 | 35 | #3,506 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 25 | #4,236 |
| 1996 | 27 | #3,937 |
| 1995 | 24 | #4,212 |
| 1994 | 18 | #5,244 |
| 1993 | 27 | #3,872 |
| 1992 | 16 | #5,711 |
| 1991 | 22 | #4,491 |
| 1990 | 27 | #3,808 |
| 1989 | 19 | #4,664 |
| 1988 | 17 | #4,835 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,153 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 11 | #5,898 |
| 1983 | 18 | #4,108 |
| 1982 | 11 | #5,909 |
| 1981 | 13 | #5,253 |
| 1980 | 14 | #4,977 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,311 |
| 1978 | 12 | #5,214 |
| 1977 | 10 | #5,886 |
| 1976 | 14 | #4,361 |
| 1975 | 19 | #3,513 |
| 1974 | 12 | #4,719 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,455 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,389 |
| 1959 | 8 | #4,624 |
Nicknames for Josi
Names like Josi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jordan, Jordyn, Mia, Gianna, Jasmine, Mariah, Hannah, Gia, Demi, Ava, Leah, Lexi
Other spellings of Josi
Names related to Josi
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo, Elsie
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Josi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/josi, updated 20 October 2026.