Yossi
Boy · YOSS-ee · Hebrew
Yossi is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “he will add”. In 2025 it ranked 1,372nd for boys in the UK (21 babies) and 2,363rd for boys in the US (58 babies).
What does Yossi mean?
Hebrew: pet form of Yosef (Joseph)
“he will add”
A Hebrew pet form of Yosef, the Hebrew form of Joseph, son of Jacob in Genesis.
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- YOSS-ee
Is Yossi a girl's or a boy's name?
Yossi is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 boys in the UK and 58 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yossi in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,372among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 14,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 83% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 21 boys in the UK were named Yossi, making it the 1,372nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,185th.
2025 had the most boys named Yossi of any year since it first appeared, in 1999.
Half of all the boys named Yossi in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,306th in England and Wales.
Yossi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #1,372 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,149 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,024 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2021 | 14 | #1,791 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,185 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,234 |
| 2017 | 8 | #2,656 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,260 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,207 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,534 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
How popular is Yossi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,363among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 58about 1 in 29,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 78% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 58 boys in the US were named Yossi, making it the 2,363rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,495th. It first appears in the records in 1990.
2025 had the most boys named Yossi of any year since it first appeared, in 1990.
Half of all the boys named Yossi in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 63 boys in the US were given Yossi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,923, up from #2,363 for this spelling alone.
- Yossi 58
- Yossy 5
Yossi in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 58 | #2,363 |
| 2024 | 44 | #2,873 |
| 2023 | 49 | #2,659 |
| 2022 | 46 | #2,791 |
| 2021 | 35 | #3,295 |
| 2020 | 31 | #3,495 |
| 2019 | 24 | #4,226 |
| 2018 | 30 | #3,603 |
| 2017 | 21 | #4,590 |
| 2016 | 29 | #3,680 |
| 2015 | 20 | #4,709 |
| 2014 | 25 | #4,011 |
| 2013 | 23 | #4,178 |
| 2012 | 20 | #4,682 |
| 2011 | 15 | #5,670 |
| 2010 | 20 | #4,676 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
Names like Yossi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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