Joss**
#6,024 most common boys' name of all time · #14,974 across all names · 63% male / 37% female · used 1977–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#6,024
Rank overall
#14,974 of 105,966
First appeared
1977
Years on the list
36 of 146
All-time
691
Since 2016
259
Peak year
2005 #3,889
Best rank
#3,852 2020
Girls
Boys
peak 41/yr
Joss first appears in 1977. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | 8 | 13 | #9,144 |
| 2024 | 6 | 13 | 19 | #6,606 |
| 2023 | 9 | 15 | 24 | #6,040 |
| 2022 | 7 | 14 | 21 | #6,274 |
| 2021 | 7 | 19 | 26 | #5,008 |
| 2020 | 12 | 27 | 39 | #3,852 |
| 2019 | 9 | 18 | 27 | #5,227 |
| 2018 | 10 | 11 | 21 | #7,320 |
| 2017 | 15 | 20 | 35 | #4,835 |
| 2016 | 18 | 16 | 34 | #5,663 |
| 2015 | 20 | 15 | 35 | #5,849 |
| 2014 | 18 | 21 | 39 | #4,622 |
| 2013 | 5 | 16 | 21 | #5,515 |
| 2012 | 9 | 15 | 24 | #5,833 |
| 2011 | 12 | 11 | 23 | #7,197 |
| 2010 | 17 | 8 | 25 | #9,114 |
| 2009 | 13 | 14 | 27 | #6,233 |
| 2008 | 18 | 9 | 27 | #8,592 |
| 2007 | 8 | 20 | 28 | #4,723 |
| 2006 | 20 | 14 | 34 | #5,925 |
| 2005 | 17 | 24 | 41 | #3,889 |
| 2004 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,234 |
| 2003 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,148 |
| 2002 | — | 13 | 13 | #5,557 |
| 2001 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,706 |
| 2000 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,576 |
| 1999 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,501 |
| 1998 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,231 |
| 1997 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,661 |
| 1991 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,922 |
| 1990 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,677 |
| 1989 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,579 |
| 1988 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,601 |
| 1980 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,037 |
| 1978 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,677 |
| 1977 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,749 |