Yossi
Masculine · “he will add”
Yossi is the Israeli short form of Yosef — Joseph, 'he will add' — the name Rachel gave in hope of another son.
How old is the name Yossi?
Yossi first appears in US birth records in 1990 — 35 years ago. The typical Yossi is a kid of about 7 — this name's wave is very recent. About 600 people named Yossi are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Yossi most popular?
Yossi peaked in 2025, reaching #2363 nationally. Today it ranks #2363, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Yosef to Yossi
The story of Yossi
Rachel names Joseph in hope of a second son, and gets one — Benjamin — at the cost of her life. Yossi is the everyday Israeli shortening of Yosef, as common there as Joe is in English. It appears in American records in current use.
Meaning
he will add, God increases
Through Yosef, from the Hebrew, 'he will add' or 'may God add'. Genesis has Rachel name him saying God has taken away her reproach and may he add another son. Yossi is the standard Israeli affectionate form. The Hebrew is documented.
How the name formed
- Yosef
- Yossi
Related forms: יוסי · Yosi · Joseph
Pronouncing Yossi
YOH-see
Two syllables, stress on the first. Hebrew says it much the same way.
Nicknames for Yossi
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
- 1990
- Most boys named
- 202558 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2363reached in 2025
- Change vs 2024
- +31.8%58 in 2025, from 44
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.
Yossi in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- יוסי in Hebrew — transliteration
- Yosi in English — spelling variant
- Joseph in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, New Jersey.
Yossis among us
people named Yossi are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 29,450 born in 2025 was named Yossi
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Trevell test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Yossi's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Trevell climbed just as high around 1992, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Trevell's path sketches the road Yossi is walking now.
Yossi 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
Where Yossi is headed
Yossi looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 21% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Yossi beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Yossi in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That Rachel's hope for a second son cost her life is a first-rate detail.
- Yosef and Joseph are both available as fuller versions.
- Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk.
- It is a diminutive and reads as informal in Israel.
- Joseph is what English speakers will assume.
- It reads as specifically Israeli.
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Frequently asked
- How many Yossis are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Yossi are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Yossi in 2025?
- Yossi ranks #2363 among US boy names in 2025, with 58 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Yossi?
- About 1 in every 29,450 US boys born in 2025 was named Yossi — 58 in all.
- Will my child share the name Yossi with classmates?
- Yossi will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Yossi
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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