Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Josi

#6,791 most common girls' name of all time · #11,430 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1959–2025

Rank among girls
#6,791
Rank overall
#11,430 of 105,966
First appeared
1959
Years on the list
59 of 146
All-time
1,059
Since 2016
187
Peak year
2002 #3,677
Best rank
#3,535 1999
Girls Boys peak 36/yr
1960198020002020

Josi first appears in 1959. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 13 — 13 #7,995
2024 19 — 19 #6,235
2023 23 — 23 #5,430
2022 20 — 20 #6,043
2021 22 — 22 #5,613
2020 21 — 21 #5,718
2019 13 — 13 #8,249
2018 16 — 16 #7,166
2017 22 — 22 #5,708
2016 18 — 18 #6,720
2015 20 — 20 #6,291
2014 17 — 17 #7,061
2013 15 — 15 #7,839
2012 21 — 21 #6,170
2011 19 — 19 #6,617
2010 26 — 26 #5,301
2009 19 — 19 #6,890
2008 22 — 22 #6,187
2007 22 — 22 #6,155
2006 30 — 30 #4,725
2005 31 — 31 #4,410
2004 29 — 29 #4,634
2003 21 — 21 #5,654
2002 36 — 36 #3,677
2001 32 — 32 #3,968
2000 27 — 27 #4,436
1999 35 — 35 #3,535
1998 15 — 15 #6,460
1997 25 — 25 #4,278
1996 27 — 27 #3,987
1995 24 — 24 #4,273
1994 18 — 18 #5,320
1993 27 — 27 #3,928
1992 16 — 16 #5,815
1991 22 — 22 #4,563
1990 27 — 27 #3,853
1989 19 — 19 #4,745
1988 17 — 17 #4,938
1987 10 — 10 #7,008
1986 11 — 11 #6,353
1985 6 — 6 #9,748
1984 11 — 11 #6,087
1983 18 — 18 #4,207
1982 11 — 11 #6,118
1981 13 — 13 #5,417
1980 14 — 14 #5,100
1979 8 — 8 #7,600
1978 12 — 12 #5,382
1977 10 — 10 #6,113
1976 14 — 14 #4,511
1975 19 — 19 #3,583
1974 12 — 12 #4,921
1973 7 — 7 #7,064
1972 6 — 6 #7,798
1969 8 — 8 #5,802
1967 5 — 5 #7,444
1966 5 — 5 #7,262
1960 5 — 5 #7,131
1959 8 — 8 #5,019