Jozy

UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

(God) shall add, through Josephine

Jozy has been given to 126 babies in the U.S. since 1997. 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 2006, with 13 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 85% girls, 15% boys all-time.

Babies named Jozy, 2022

1 in 677,000

Jozy over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Jozy over time

In 2022, Jozy went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

19972022

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Jozy: meaning, origin, and history

(God) shall add, through Josephine

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Jozy means

Jozy belongs to the name family reached through Jozy → Josephine → Joseph. Its meaning is “(God) shall add”.

Origin, language, and formation

Jozy is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Josephine and Joseph.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 107 girls were recorded with the name Jozy between 1997 and 2022. Its highest annual count was 13 in 2006; its best national rank was #8,958 in 2006.

In the United States, 19 boys were recorded with the name Jozy between 2014 and 2017. Its highest annual count was 7 in 2016; its best national rank was #10,184 in 2016.

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 Jozy?

Jozy 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 677,000; 5 of 3,385,755 births
Among girls only: 1 in 328,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2022: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 469,366 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Jozy 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 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 469,366 children born in 2022 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jozy. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Jozys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Jozy was born before 2012 — so the typical Jozy is around 13 today.

Median birth year: 2012; About 13 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 52.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 95.3%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 107; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 52.3% of all recorded uses (56).

Is Jozy 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 2006 (13)
Years since peak: 19; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 17.4% average annual change
Best rank ever: #8,958; 2006

Spellings of Jozy

Jozy is not the most common spelling — Joan is, with 29.7% against Jozy's <0.01%.

Joan29.7%481,238
Judy23.6%382,979
Jo11.0%179,057
Joy8.7%140,694
Zoey7.1%115,332
Jodi4.9%79,695
Jody3.4%55,845
Joni1.8%28,815

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.

Jozy 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: #8,958; 2006
Peak year: 2006; 13 that year
First recorded: 1997
Last recorded: 2022
All-time count: 107
Count in 2025: Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #10,184; 2016
Peak year: 2016; 7 that year
First recorded: 2014
Last recorded: 2017
All-time count: 19
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Jozy

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

Jozey Jozi Jozee Cozy Jozlin Jozie Jozalyn Jozelynn Jozalynn Jozelyn Jozefa Jozette Jozlyn Jozilyn Jozlynn Jozelle Jozetta Jozett Joziah Jozzlynn Jozlynne Jozlyne Jozefina Jozephine

Sibling names for Jozy

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

Taniya Melia Nyasia Tayla Lanie Estefany Sanaa Grecia

For a brother

Paulo Yair Lavon Tye Deshaun Oswaldo Nathen Britton

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