Jossie — girls' name

What the Data Says About Jossie

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,028 babies named Jossie between 1880 and 2023, spanning 144 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jossie currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1926, when 45 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jossie performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 343 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Jossie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 146 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Jossie in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jossie in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,028 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.