Jossie
Feminine · “he will add”
Jossie is overwhelmingly a girls’ name — 2,034 girls against 17 boys since 1880.
Joseph is a request. Rachel names him in Genesis and the text spells out what she means: may the Lord add to me another son. The name is a verb about adding, and it was said by a woman who had waited a long time. Jossie is the short form that both Josephine and the Spanish Josefa produce, with the doubled s that English likes after a short vowel.
How old is the name Jossie?
Jossie was already in use when US birth records began in 1880 — it is at least 145 years old. The typical Jossie alive today was born around 1929, making them about 96 years old. About 800 people named Jossie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Jossie most popular?
Jossie peaked in 1883, reaching #651 nationally. Today it ranks #13208, 12,557 places below that high. See the whole 1883 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Yosef to Jossie
The story of Jossie
Joseph is the son sold by his brothers who becomes a minister of Egypt, and his name spread through Judaism, Christianity and Islam alike. The feminines came later: Josephine is French, built in the eighteenth century, and Josefa is Spanish. Both shorten the same way, and Jossie appears in American records from the very first year of statistics, given to daughters and occasionally to sons. The doubled s is doing ordinary English work, keeping the first vowel short — Josie and Jossie are not quite read the same way on sight.
Meaning
he will add
From the Hebrew Yosef, from a verb meaning to add or increase. Genesis attaches the explanation directly to the naming, which is unusual — most biblical names are given without comment, and this one comes with its own line of dialogue.
How the name formed
- Yosef
- Joseph
- Josephine
- Jossie
Related forms: Josefa · Joséphine · Giuseppina · Yosefa
Pronouncing Jossie
JOSS-ee
Two syllables, stress on the first, with a short o that the doubled s protects. Josie with one s is often said JOH-zee, with a long vowel — so this spelling genuinely changes the reading.
Nicknames for Jossie
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1880
- Most girls named
- 192645 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #651reached in 1883
- Change vs 2021
- −33.3%6 in 2025, from 9
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Jossie in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Josefa in Spanish — related form
- Joséphine in French — related form
- Giuseppina in Italian — related form
- Yosefa in Hebrew — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California.
Jossies among us
people named Jossie are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 267,878 born in 2025 was named Jossie
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Jossie sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Jossie beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Jossie in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The doubled s fixes a vowel that the single-s spelling leaves open.
- Jo is available and works for a child of either sex.
- The name behind it is among the most widely used in the world.
- It is warm and informal without being childish.
- Josie is much the commoner spelling and will be written instead.
- It belongs to an older American generation, though the longer names behind it are back in fashion.
- Nearly every child given this spelling is a girl, though a small number of boys carry it.
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Frequently asked
- How many Jossies are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 800 people named Jossie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Jossie in 2025?
- Jossie ranks #13208 among US girl names in 2025, with 6 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Jossie?
- About 1 in every 267,878 US girls born in 2025 was named Jossie — 6 in all.
- Will my child share the name Jossie with classmates?
- Jossie will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Jossie
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