Joshie

Girls' name

Josh with the suffix -ie

Joshie has been given to 5 babies in the U.S. since 1921. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1921, with 5 recorded.

Babies named Joshie, 1921

1 in 467,000

Joshie over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Joshie: meaning, origin, and history

Josh with the suffix -ie

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Joshie means

Joshie is formed from Josh with the suffix -ie.

Origin, language, and formation

Joshie is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Josh and Joshua.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5 girls were recorded with the name Joshie between 1921 and 1921. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1921; its best national rank was #5,506 in 1921.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Joshie?

Joshie had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1921, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1921: 1 in 467,000; 5 of 2,334,460 births
Among girls only: 1 in 247,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1921: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 323,626 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Joshie sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1921 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 323,626 children born in 1921 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Joshie. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Joshies were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Joshie was born before 1921 — so the typical Joshie is around 104 today.

Median birth year: 1921; About 104 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 0; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (5).

Is Joshie rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1921 (5)
Years since peak: 104; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #5,506; 1921

Spellings of Joshie

Joshie is not the most common spelling — Jessie is, with 30.0% against Joshie's <0.01%.

Jessie30.0%170,036
Sophie24.5%138,577
Rosie15.1%85,556
Josie13.3%75,370
Jodie4.8%27,442
Jolie2.5%14,099
Jonnie1.0%5,880
Joanie0.98%5,549

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Joshie by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #5,506; 1921
Peak year: 1921; 5 that year
First recorded: 1921
Last recorded: 1921
All-time count: 5
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Joshie

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Josine Josera Joseanny Josann Joset Josei Jossica Josia Joselen Josylin Joshika Sylphie Josiee Jostyn Josmine Joslene Josleny Josalie Joseany Josieann Joseane Joslen Elphie Mathie

Sibling names for Joshie

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Elvera Rubie Tressie Lavinia Myrtis Margarette Adell Idella

For a brother

Hardy Antone Harmon Arlie Burl Dewitt Patsy Milford

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