Boys' name · since 2005
Josai
Since 2005, U.S. Social Security records show 97 babies named Josai, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #17,613 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,649 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 97
- born since 2005
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Josai is the #4649 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 97 recorded since 2005.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Josai has been recorded 97 times among boys since 2005, currently ranked #4649 nationally and more common than 67% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2005 to 2025.
- #17,613 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,649 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 97 born since 2005
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Josai ranks #17,613 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,649 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 97 born since 2005, peaking in the 2020s.
- #17,613 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,649 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 97
- born since 2005
- 2020s
- peak decade
Josai's 97 recorded births place it above 61.18% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Josai compares
97 25th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Josai's all-time total is 74% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Josai | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 97 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 22 | 34 | 22,252 |
Josai's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Josai's SSA record in two at 2020 and the more recent half accounts for 64% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 36%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2005, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 22, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Josai popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Josai by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (62 births, 64% of the file).
2020s was Josai's strongest decade.
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 64% of all-time use.
Josai births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 10
2000s
10 births
- 2010s
2010s
25 births
- 2020s
2020s
62 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 62 births (64% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Josai: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2005–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Josai draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.