girls:
244 births since 2005
#5472 (4th percentile)
boys:
415 births since 1977
#4171 (9th percentile)
overall:
659 births since 1977
#7080 (8th percentile)
The name Joss is the #7,080 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 659 recorded births since 1977. This represents the 8.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,171 (9.0% percentile) for all time with 415 births since 1977. For girls, it ranks #5,472 (4.2% percentile) for all time with 244 births since 2005.
Joss first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1977 (1977 for boys and 2005 for girls). Birth data for Joss is available in 34 out of the 47 years between 1977 and 2023 (34 years for boys and 19 years for girls). 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.
The name Joss has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (63.0% of all recorded births). In 2023, 62.5% of babies named Joss were boys.
For boys, Joss reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 2.4% percentile (ranked #879) with 15 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 15 births per million (ranked 2.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Joss ranks #901 for boys (1.1% percentile) with 8 births per million, which is 56.1% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Joss reached its peak popularity in 2015, achieving the 1.6% percentile (ranked #945) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 2015, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Joss ranks #943 for girls (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 50.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Joss".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Joss. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 57.1% confident that Joss is pronounced as jahs, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is jaws, at 42.9% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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