Yossi

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Yossi is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 467K(measured from records)
  • CRCosta Rica1 in 425K
  • GYGuyana1 in 750K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

712 people, 2020

Sources
147 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 425K (inferred from the name graph)

Costa Rica

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Yossi counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Yossi is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States7121 in 467K685Yossi147
PL Poland161 in 2.4M16——
CR Costa Rica121 in 425K12——
NL Netherlands91 in 1.9M9Yossi5
GY Guyana11 in 750K1——

712 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names; Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Yossi is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Peru, United States, Mexico, Israel

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Yössï, Yössî

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Yōssī

39 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1920194019601980Yossi Banai, b. 1932Yossi Sarid, b. 1940Yossi Vardi, b. 1942Yossi Beilin, b. 1948Yossi Melman, b. 1950Yossi Matias, b. 1958Yossi Ghinsberg, b. 1959Yossi Cohen, b. 1961Yossi Marshak, b. 1969Yossi Benayoun, b. 1980

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 21 sources across 12 countries.

Official registers attesting Yossi
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020685#15,982
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)202558—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)202349—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)202246—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)202444—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)202135—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)202031—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)201830—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)201629—
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex202027#15,982
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)201425—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)201924—

Reference works 5

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Is Yossi a male or female name?
Yossi is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Yossi have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 712 people named Yossi, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled yossi.
Where is Yossi most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Yossi is densest in Costa Rica — about 1 in 425 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Yossi?
In the United States, the national register counted 712 people named Yossi in 2020, about 1 in 467 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Yossi”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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