Meaning not yet researched.
Josephine: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 4,126 in 2025. Its best rank was #21 in 1917.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #21 in 1917; #53 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Josephine in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#53 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1917, at #21.
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Josephine: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 4,126 girls in 2025. Peak: #21 in 1917 · most girls in one year: 8,682 (1918).
In 2025, 4,126 US girls were named Josephine, making it the 53rd most common girls’ name of the year, up 3 places from #56 in 2024. That is 361 more than the 3,765 girls named Josephine in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #21, reached in 1917. The most girls given the name in a single year was 8,682, in 1918. For comparison, it was #131 in 2015 and #146 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Josephine in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 544 babies with the name. In all, 332,458 US babies have been given the name, 99.7% of them girls and 0.3% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 69,444 babies named Josephine.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 32,769 US girls were named Josephine; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 4,126. In 2025 that was about 1 in 390 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Josephine ranked highest in District of Columbia in 2025, at #12 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 44 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Josefina (13,967 babies since 1880) and Josephina (3,494 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Josiephine, Josefine and Josephene are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Fina, Jo, Jody, Joey, Josey and Josie.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch and English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Josiephine (1,061), Josefine (707), Josephene (278), Josaphine (201), Josephyne (80), Josiphine (37), Jossiephine (12), Jozephine (11), Josephin (5), Josiephene (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 2 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | 26 | #12 | #55 |
| Vermont | 15 | #15 | #41 |
| Alaska | 18 | #16 | #82 |
| Michigan | 186 | #17 | #71 |
| Wisconsin | 113 | #19 | #60 |
| Montana | 24 | #22 | #80 |
| Ohio | 220 | #26 | #84 |
| Maine | 24 | #26 | #72 |
| Indiana | 124 | #26 | #130 |
| Minnesota | 108 | #26 | #71 |
| Pennsylvania | 215 | #28 | #104 |
| Nebraska | 40 | #28 | #59 |
| Oregon | 66 | #29 | #64 |
| Massachusetts | 123 | #29 | #60 |
| Kansas | 58 | #31 | #83 |
| Virginia | 156 | #31 | #90 |
| Missouri | 108 | #32 | #84 |
| Rhode Island | 18 | #32 | #178 |
| New Hampshire | 26 | #37 | #85 |
| Colorado | 97 | #39 | #78 |
| North Dakota | 16 | #44 | #63 |
| Illinois | 160 | #45 | #89 |
| Idaho | 34 | #49 | #135 |
| South Carolina | 68 | #49 | #285 |
| Iowa | 48 | #49 | #99 |
| Connecticut | 50 | #51 | #203 |
| Washington | 95 | #53 | #83 |
| Maryland | 66 | #53 | #116 |
| North Carolina | 149 | #54 | #126 |
| Oklahoma | 50 | #56 | #156 |
| Tennessee | 102 | #61 | #154 |
| Kentucky | 57 | #63 | #154 |
| Louisiana | 51 | #65 | #219 |
| South Dakota | 14 | #65 | #102 |
| New York | 203 | #66 | #131 |
| Delaware | 11 | #67 | #103 |
| Alabama | 51 | #78 | #274 |
| Texas | 313 | #81 | #263 |
| Georgia | 97 | #83 | #216 |
| New Jersey | 82 | #86 | #179 |
| West Virginia | 17 | #88 | #161 |
| Arizona | 65 | #88 | #192 |
| Arkansas | 29 | #94 | #340 |
| California | 295 | #98 | #155 |
| Florida | 161 | #104 | #225 |
| New Mexico | 12 | #121 | #258 |
| Nevada | 19 | #124 | #159 |
| Utah | 25 | #188 | #232 |
| Mississippi | 11 | #256 | #395 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4,126 | #53 | — | — |
| 2024 | 3,765 | #56 | — | — |
| 2023 | 3,371 | #64 | 5 | #13,131 |
| 2022 | 3,266 | #70 | — | — |
| 2021 | 3,391 | #72 | — | — |
| 2020 | 3,057 | #87 | — | — |
| 2019 | 3,123 | #90 | — | — |
| 2018 | 3,050 | #91 | — | — |
| 2017 | 2,823 | #107 | — | — |
| 2016 | 2,797 | #114 | — | — |
| 2015 | 2,505 | #131 | — | — |
| 2014 | 2,286 | #147 | — | — |
| 2013 | 2,012 | #160 | — | — |
| 2012 | 1,957 | #160 | — | — |
| 2011 | 1,730 | #182 | — | — |
| 2010 | 1,677 | #185 | — | — |
| 2009 | 1,628 | #201 | — | — |
| 2008 | 1,635 | #208 | — | — |
| 2007 | 1,562 | #223 | — | — |
| 2006 | 1,548 | #221 | — | — |
| 2005 | 1,490 | #229 | — | — |
| 2004 | 1,337 | #242 | — | — |
| 2003 | 1,257 | #258 | — | — |
| 2002 | 1,198 | #264 | — | — |
| 2001 | 1,153 | #275 | — | — |
| 2000 | 1,116 | #288 | — | — |
| 1999 | 989 | #312 | — | — |
| 1998 | 840 | #347 | — | — |
| 1997 | 784 | #353 | — | — |
| 1996 | 725 | #371 | — | — |
| 1995 | 700 | #376 | — | — |
| 1994 | 648 | #390 | — | — |
| 1993 | 596 | #419 | — | — |
| 1992 | 591 | #427 | — | — |
| 1991 | 607 | #421 | — | — |
| 1990 | 579 | #435 | — | — |
| 1989 | 527 | #459 | 9 | #5,377 |
| 1988 | 503 | #451 | 5 | #7,871 |
| 1987 | 436 | #498 | — | — |
| 1986 | 456 | #470 | — | — |
| 1985 | 423 | #485 | — | — |
| 1984 | 437 | #472 | — | — |
| 1983 | 480 | #438 | — | — |
| 1982 | 491 | #440 | — | — |
| 1981 | 477 | #451 | — | — |
| 1980 | 502 | #430 | — | — |
| 1979 | 437 | #462 | — | — |
| 1978 | 457 | #438 | — | — |
| 1977 | 442 | #452 | — | — |
| 1976 | 431 | #449 | — | — |
| 1975 | 456 | #434 | 6 | #5,111 |
| 1974 | 536 | #389 | — | — |
| 1973 | 535 | #383 | — | — |
| 1972 | 580 | #373 | — | — |
| 1971 | 603 | #381 | — | — |
| 1970 | 677 | #363 | — | — |
| 1969 | 699 | #338 | — | — |
| 1968 | 693 | #332 | — | — |
| 1967 | 744 | #319 | — | — |
| 1966 | 838 | #306 | — | — |
| 1965 | 863 | #309 | 7 | #3,397 |
| 1964 | 962 | #297 | 9 | #2,960 |
| 1963 | 1,054 | #281 | 6 | #3,829 |
| 1962 | 1,103 | #269 | 5 | #4,348 |
| 1961 | 1,204 | #258 | 7 | #3,512 |
| 1960 | 1,157 | #263 | 7 | #3,492 |
| 1959 | 1,177 | #257 | — | — |
| 1958 | 1,274 | #239 | 5 | #4,227 |
| 1957 | 1,442 | #221 | — | — |
| 1956 | 1,485 | #210 | 9 | #2,878 |
| 1955 | 1,595 | #199 | 6 | #3,694 |
| 1954 | 1,719 | #186 | 7 | #3,299 |
| 1953 | 1,799 | #172 | 8 | #3,036 |
| 1952 | 1,862 | #169 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1951 | 1,966 | #157 | 9 | #2,763 |
| 1950 | 2,093 | #146 | — | — |
| 1949 | 2,163 | #143 | — | — |
| 1948 | 2,230 | #134 | 7 | #3,165 |
| 1947 | 2,351 | #133 | — | — |
| 1946 | 2,228 | #127 | 6 | #3,352 |
| 1945 | 2,146 | #120 | 10 | #2,320 |
| 1944 | 2,324 | #115 | 13 | #2,039 |
| 1943 | 2,664 | #108 | 15 | #1,947 |
| 1942 | 2,748 | #100 | 17 | #1,771 |
| 1941 | 2,726 | #92 | 20 | #1,558 |
| 1940 | 2,744 | #89 | 12 | #2,131 |
| 1939 | 2,837 | #84 | 22 | #1,437 |
| 1938 | 2,978 | #83 | 24 | #1,389 |
| 1937 | 2,942 | #82 | 26 | #1,324 |
| 1936 | 3,141 | #77 | 25 | #1,345 |
| 1935 | 3,262 | #75 | 24 | #1,409 |
| 1934 | 3,742 | #60 | 20 | #1,584 |
| 1933 | 3,569 | #62 | 20 | #1,567 |
| 1932 | 4,095 | #57 | 37 | #1,119 |
| 1931 | 4,497 | #51 | 36 | #1,139 |
| 1930 | 4,988 | #49 | 33 | #1,244 |
| 1929 | 5,298 | #45 | 26 | #1,430 |
| 1928 | 5,671 | #42 | 30 | #1,342 |
| 1927 | 6,108 | #39 | 32 | #1,309 |
| 1926 | 6,410 | #37 | 18 | #1,873 |
| 1925 | 6,810 | #36 | 25 | #1,519 |
| 1924 | 7,274 | #34 | 17 | #2,005 |
| 1923 | 7,560 | #30 | 15 | #2,177 |
| 1922 | 7,864 | #27 | 23 | #1,616 |
| 1921 | 8,135 | #28 | 21 | #1,741 |
| 1920 | 8,093 | #28 | 14 | #2,282 |
| 1919 | 8,104 | #26 | 20 | #1,730 |
| 1918 | 8,682 | #24 | 27 | #1,388 |
| 1917 | 8,326 | #21 | 18 | #1,783 |
| 1916 | 8,127 | #21 | 15 | #2,001 |
| 1915 | 7,606 | #22 | 16 | #1,835 |
| 1914 | 5,896 | #23 | 17 | #1,525 |
| 1913 | 4,822 | #24 | 13 | #1,541 |
| 1912 | 3,980 | #28 | 10 | #1,683 |
| 1911 | 3,011 | #29 | 14 | #913 |
| 1910 | 2,801 | #30 | 8 | #1,260 |
| 1909 | 2,416 | #31 | 11 | #926 |
| 1908 | 2,389 | #28 | 8 | #1,066 |
| 1907 | 2,156 | #33 | 8 | #1,048 |
| 1906 | 1,900 | #38 | 8 | #969 |
| 1905 | 1,894 | #37 | 7 | #1,036 |
| 1904 | 1,701 | #40 | — | — |
| 1903 | 1,587 | #40 | 12 | #676 |
| 1902 | 1,565 | #42 | 7 | #982 |
| 1901 | 1,434 | #43 | 8 | #811 |
| 1900 | 1,743 | #47 | 6 | #1,241 |
| 1899 | 1,388 | #44 | 6 | #992 |
| 1898 | 1,425 | #46 | — | — |
| 1897 | 1,267 | #47 | 7 | #892 |
| 1896 | 1,256 | #50 | 7 | #937 |
| 1895 | 1,334 | #47 | — | — |
| 1894 | 1,256 | #48 | — | — |
| 1893 | 1,178 | #50 | — | — |
| 1892 | 1,210 | #49 | 6 | #1,021 |
| 1891 | 1,031 | #49 | 5 | #1,045 |
| 1890 | 1,118 | #49 | 6 | #946 |
| 1889 | 1,047 | #49 | 6 | #930 |
| 1888 | 1,001 | #49 | 5 | #1,112 |
| 1887 | 815 | #50 | — | — |
| 1886 | 844 | #47 | — | — |
| 1885 | 783 | #48 | 6 | #881 |
| 1884 | 800 | #45 | — | — |
| 1883 | 697 | #46 | — | — |
| 1882 | 638 | #49 | — | — |
| 1881 | 563 | #48 | — | — |
| 1880 | 544 | #50 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).