girls:
1k births since 1959
#4690 (18th percentile)
overall:
1k births since 1959
#6713 (13th percentile)
The name Josi is the #6,713 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,026 recorded births since 1959. This represents the 13.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 13.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,690 (17.9% percentile) for all time with 1,026 births since 1959.
Josi first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1959 (first recorded for girls in 1959). Birth data for Josi is available in 57 out of the 65 years between 1959 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Josi reached its peak popularity in 2002, achieving the 3.5% percentile (ranked #863) with 18 births per million. The name was most common in 2002, with 18 births per million (ranked 3.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Josi ranks #929 for girls (1.9% percentile) with 13 births per million, which is 72.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Josi".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Josi", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 13 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Josie" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Josie..
Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Josi. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 67.5% confident that Josi is pronounced as JOH-see, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is JOH-zee, at 32.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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