Meaning not yet researched.
Josey: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 61 in 2025. Its best rank was #1,782 in 1998.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #1,782 in 1998; #2,793 in 2025. About 71% of babies named Josey in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,793 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1998, at #1,782.
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Josey: US girls and boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 61 girls in 2025. Peak: #1,782 in 1998 · most girls in one year: 106 (2012).
In 2025, 61 US girls were named Josey, making it the 2,793rd most common girls’ name of the year, down 475 places from #2,318 in 2024. That is 19 fewer than the 80 girls named Josey in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #1,782, reached in 1998. The most girls given the name in a single year was 106, in 2012. For comparison, it was #2,422 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
In 2025, 25 US boys were named Josey, making it the 4,192nd most common boys’ name of the year, down 167 places from #4,025 in 2024. That is 2 fewer than the 27 boys named Josey in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #1,721, reached in 1988. The most boys given the name in a single year was 42, in 1989. For comparison, it was #6,874 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Josey in 67 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1915 with 5 babies. In all, 4,248 US babies have been given the name, 76% of them girls and 24% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 1,060 babies named Josey.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 818 US girls were named Josey; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 93. In 2025 that was about 1 in 26,349 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Josey ranked highest in Ohio in 2025, at #1,567 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Josie (75,915 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Jozy, Jozey and Jocey are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Josophine.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Jozy (126), Jozey (106), Jocey (59), Joicy (10).
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.
Josey is listed as a nickname for Josephine.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 48 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio | 5 | #1,567 | — |
| Georgia | 5 | #1,646 | — |
| Texas | 13 | #1,745 | #2,721 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 61 | #2,793 | 25 | #4,192 |
| 2024 | 80 | #2,318 | 27 | #4,025 |
| 2023 | 74 | #2,431 | 19 | #5,155 |
| 2022 | 86 | #2,199 | 21 | #4,777 |
| 2021 | 89 | #2,123 | 19 | #5,012 |
| 2020 | 84 | #2,162 | 22 | #4,485 |
| 2019 | 86 | #2,162 | 16 | #5,680 |
| 2018 | 87 | #2,172 | 16 | #5,654 |
| 2017 | 93 | #2,090 | 23 | #4,391 |
| 2016 | 78 | #2,402 | 18 | #5,223 |
| 2015 | 76 | #2,422 | 12 | #6,874 |
| 2014 | 89 | #2,146 | 17 | #5,370 |
| 2013 | 99 | #1,982 | 17 | #5,284 |
| 2012 | 106 | #1,894 | 15 | #5,842 |
| 2011 | 97 | #2,023 | 6 | #11,519 |
| 2010 | 94 | #2,102 | 15 | #5,880 |
| 2009 | 104 | #1,998 | 14 | #6,257 |
| 2008 | 88 | #2,239 | 16 | #5,624 |
| 2007 | 86 | #2,265 | 15 | #5,787 |
| 2006 | 96 | #2,057 | 10 | #7,706 |
| 2005 | 93 | #2,023 | 8 | #8,686 |
| 2004 | 69 | #2,460 | 18 | #4,687 |
| 2003 | 91 | #1,993 | 14 | #5,405 |
| 2002 | 82 | #2,089 | 18 | #4,401 |
| 2001 | 76 | #2,161 | 18 | #4,376 |
| 2000 | 97 | #1,798 | 19 | #4,130 |
| 1999 | 61 | #2,414 | 25 | #3,226 |
| 1998 | 88 | #1,782 | 21 | #3,545 |
| 1997 | 78 | #1,892 | 20 | #3,523 |
| 1996 | 64 | #2,136 | 15 | #4,282 |
| 1995 | 75 | #1,875 | 32 | #2,423 |
| 1994 | 54 | #2,390 | 27 | #2,728 |
| 1993 | 41 | #2,905 | 28 | #2,616 |
| 1992 | 46 | #2,659 | 25 | #2,772 |
| 1991 | 42 | #2,805 | 31 | #2,318 |
| 1990 | 45 | #2,621 | 38 | #1,995 |
| 1989 | 27 | #3,724 | 42 | #1,814 |
| 1988 | 27 | #3,520 | 41 | #1,721 |
| 1987 | 21 | #4,046 | 31 | #1,995 |
| 1986 | 24 | #3,591 | 17 | #2,946 |
| 1985 | 12 | #5,814 | 25 | #2,198 |
| 1984 | 32 | #2,814 | 25 | #2,125 |
| 1983 | 31 | #2,813 | 21 | #2,377 |
| 1982 | 16 | #4,600 | 22 | #2,303 |
| 1981 | 16 | #4,614 | 28 | #1,970 |
| 1980 | 19 | #4,054 | 29 | #1,932 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,396 | 10 | #3,935 |
| 1978 | 14 | #4,787 | 8 | #4,347 |
| 1977 | 11 | #5,657 | 13 | #3,106 |
| 1976 | 10 | #5,771 | 5 | #6,018 |
| 1975 | 9 | #6,160 | — | — |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,495 | — | — |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,963 | — | — |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,457 | — | — |
| 1969 | 7 | #6,228 | — | — |
| 1959 | 7 | #5,274 | — | — |
| 1958 | 8 | #4,686 | — | — |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,712 | — | — |
| 1954 | 5 | #6,145 | — | — |
| 1947 | 6 | #4,999 | — | — |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,691 | — | — |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,892 | — | — |
| 1942 | 6 | #4,356 | — | — |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,528 | — | — |
| 1926 | 6 | #4,568 | — | — |
| 1920 | 6 | #4,658 | — | — |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,602 | — | — |
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).