Josimar

Boys' name

Short form of José Maria

Josimar has been given to 97 babies in the U.S. since 1986. 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 1986, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Josimar, 2022

1 in 564,000

Josimar over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Josimar: meaning, origin, and history

Short form of José Maria

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Josimar means

Josimar is a short form of José Maria.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Josimar is used in Portuguese.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include José Maria.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 97 boys were recorded with the name Josimar between 1986 and 2022. Its highest annual count was 10 in 1986; its best national rank was #4,291 in 1986.

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.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Josimar?

Josimar had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2022, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2022: 1 in 564,000; 6 of 3,385,755 births
Among boys only: 1 in 291,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2022: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 391,139 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Josimar sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2022 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 391,139 children born in 2022 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Josimar. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Josimars were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Josimar was born before 2008 — so the typical Josimar is around 17 today.

Median birth year: 2008; About 17 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 36.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 69.1%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 97; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 36.1% of all recorded uses (35).

Is Josimar 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 1986 (10)
Years since peak: 39; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 30.7% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,291; 1986

Spellings of Josimar

Josimar is not the most common spelling — Josiah is, with 94.1% against Josimar's 0.06%.

Josiah94.1%148,958
Josias2.2%3,517
Osmar1.5%2,304
Jomar1.2%1,951
Josiyah0.49%768
Josmar0.45%705
Josimar0.06%97

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.

Josimar by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #4,291; 1986
Peak year: 1986; 10 that year
First recorded: 1986
Last recorded: 2022
All-time count: 97
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Josimar

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

Josmar Josiahs Jossiel Joshuan Josuel Jossiah Jossimar Josehua Josohn Joshiah Josai Josaiah Josafat Joseth Josniel Joshawn Joshual Joshaun Josean Joshoa Joshaua Joseff Xiomar Josede

Sibling names for Josimar

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

Domonique Keshia Shantell Linsey Candis Corey Kristan Sade

For a brother

Whitney Shea Derik Derrell Darell Marques Elizabeth Kelsey

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