Josiel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- hoh-see-EL
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #3,035 for boys
Josiel is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,035th for boys in the US (40 babies).
Where does Josiel come from?
Modern: Latin American coinage, perhaps Jose + -iel
Is Josiel a girl's or a boy's name?
Josiel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 40 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Josiel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,035th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 40 about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 40 boys in the US were named Josiel, making it the 3,035th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,731st. Its busiest year was 2022, with 49 boys. It first appears in the records in 1993.
Half of all the boys named Josiel in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 65 boys in the US were given Josiel or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,889, up from #3,035 for this spelling alone.
Josiel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40 | #3,035 |
| 2024 | 35 | #3,333 |
| 2023 | 45 | #2,804 |
| 2022 | 49 | #2,674 |
| 2021 | 42 | #2,917 |
| 2020 | 28 | #3,731 |
| 2019 | 24 | #4,226 |
| 2018 | 34 | #3,298 |
| 2017 | 29 | #3,674 |
| 2016 | 25 | #4,097 |
| 2015 | 30 | #3,590 |
| 2014 | 18 | #5,062 |
| 2013 | 22 | #4,311 |
| 2012 | 23 | #4,248 |
| 2011 | 16 | #5,429 |
| 2010 | 22 | #4,365 |
| 2009 | 14 | #6,091 |
| 2008 | 25 | #4,041 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 15 | #5,521 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
Names like Josiel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jaziel, Azriel, Aziel, Jadiel, Yadiel, Santiel, Thiago, Luca, Adriel, Joriel, Eliel, Dariel
Other spellings of Josiel
Names related to Josiel
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
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, “Josiel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/josiel, updated 20 October 2026.