Meaning not yet researched.
Josie: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 3,021 in 2025. Its best rank was #82 in 2025.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Its highest rank in 146 years of records is this year’s. About 99.8% of babies named Josie in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#82 for US girls in 2025, its highest rank in 146 years of records.
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Josie: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 3,021 girls in 2025. Peak: #82 in 2025 · most girls in one year: 3,021 (2025).
In 2025, 3,021 US girls were named Josie, making it the 82nd most common girls’ name of the year, up 6 places from #88 in 2024. That is 118 more than the 2,903 girls named Josie in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #82, reached in this year, 2025. That year also had the most girls given the name: 3,021. For comparison, it was #250 in 2015 and #523 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Josie in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 141 babies with the name. In all, 75,915 US babies have been given the name, 99% of them girls and 0.7% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2020s, with 15,019 babies named Josie.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 21,329 US girls were named Josie; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 3,021. In 2025 that was about 1 in 532 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Josie ranked highest in Mississippi in 2025, at #21 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 35 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Jose (596,732 babies since 1880), Josiah (149,420 babies since 1880), Josey (4,248 babies since 1880) and Jozie (1,343 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Jossie, Jocie and Josee are summarised on this page.
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.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Jossie (2,051), Jocie (690), Josee (577), Joycie (492), Jocee (257), Jozi (221), Jozee (182), Josiane (149), Joci (103), Jossy (17), Josei (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.
No nicknames listed for Josie in the open dataset we use.
Josie 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 2 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 48 | #21 | #202 |
| Maine | 25 | #24 | #236 |
| Montana | 19 | #27 | #243 |
| Kentucky | 86 | #29 | #108 |
| Idaho | 39 | #31 | #294 |
| Alabama | 78 | #34 | #164 |
| West Virginia | 30 | #35 | #117 |
| Louisiana | 70 | #35 | #169 |
| Kansas | 52 | #39 | #133 |
| Oklahoma | 62 | #40 | #157 |
| Vermont | 9 | #43 | — |
| North Dakota | 16 | #45 | #79 |
| Minnesota | 81 | #45 | #152 |
| Wisconsin | 80 | #46 | #146 |
| Alaska | 10 | #53 | — |
| Nebraska | 29 | #54 | #189 |
| Utah | 62 | #55 | #178 |
| Tennessee | 103 | #56 | #144 |
| Iowa | 42 | #57 | #126 |
| North Carolina | 141 | #57 | #275 |
| Indiana | 87 | #63 | #103 |
| Arkansas | 39 | #63 | #160 |
| Ohio | 133 | #63 | #154 |
| Missouri | 76 | #64 | #103 |
| Pennsylvania | 138 | #65 | #225 |
| Michigan | 101 | #65 | #236 |
| Wyoming | 6 | #70 | — |
| Delaware | 10 | #77 | — |
| South Carolina | 50 | #78 | #268 |
| South Dakota | 12 | #78 | #199 |
| Georgia | 102 | #80 | #298 |
| Oregon | 37 | #84 | #222 |
| Maryland | 48 | #86 | #364 |
| Virginia | 75 | #94 | #215 |
| Arizona | 62 | #98 | #514 |
| New Hampshire | 12 | #102 | — |
| Washington | 60 | #104 | #267 |
| Connecticut | 27 | #108 | #536 |
| Illinois | 79 | #118 | #273 |
| Massachusetts | 45 | #118 | #495 |
| Colorado | 44 | #125 | #314 |
| Rhode Island | 7 | #135 | — |
| Texas | 233 | #136 | #388 |
| Florida | 126 | #140 | #463 |
| New Mexico | 9 | #169 | — |
| California | 179 | #183 | #483 |
| New York | 89 | #183 | #567 |
| Nevada | 13 | #203 | #494 |
| New Jersey | 33 | #247 | #555 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,021 | #82 | 6 | #11,295 |
| 2024 | 2,903 | #88 | — | — |
| 2023 | 2,515 | #108 | 11 | #7,497 |
| 2022 | 2,372 | #120 | 9 | #8,627 |
| 2021 | 2,167 | #130 | 5 | #13,031 |
| 2020 | 2,003 | #135 | 7 | #10,040 |
| 2019 | 1,859 | #155 | 7 | #10,255 |
| 2018 | 1,586 | #192 | 5 | #13,099 |
| 2017 | 1,535 | #200 | — | — |
| 2016 | 1,368 | #237 | 6 | #11,391 |
| 2015 | 1,294 | #250 | 7 | #10,050 |
| 2014 | 1,288 | #252 | 5 | #13,009 |
| 2013 | 1,223 | #266 | — | — |
| 2012 | 1,277 | #253 | 10 | #7,822 |
| 2011 | 1,246 | #256 | — | — |
| 2010 | 1,251 | #262 | — | — |
| 2009 | 1,056 | #310 | — | — |
| 2008 | 1,134 | #294 | — | — |
| 2007 | 1,129 | #299 | 7 | #10,307 |
| 2006 | 1,124 | #295 | 6 | #11,304 |
| 2005 | 1,017 | #317 | — | — |
| 2004 | 975 | #324 | 17 | #4,889 |
| 2003 | 1,018 | #305 | 9 | #7,538 |
| 2002 | 1,110 | #282 | — | — |
| 2001 | 1,101 | #282 | 10 | #6,695 |
| 2000 | 970 | #328 | 9 | #7,098 |
| 1999 | 889 | #340 | 6 | #9,273 |
| 1998 | 801 | #360 | 8 | #7,192 |
| 1997 | 752 | #367 | 5 | #10,000 |
| 1996 | 820 | #340 | 7 | #7,529 |
| 1995 | 725 | #362 | 5 | #9,543 |
| 1994 | 574 | #441 | 11 | #5,269 |
| 1993 | 401 | #589 | 10 | #5,560 |
| 1992 | 364 | #622 | 11 | #5,053 |
| 1991 | 350 | #638 | 7 | #6,892 |
| 1990 | 363 | #619 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1989 | 320 | #644 | 11 | #4,655 |
| 1988 | 248 | #755 | 6 | #6,830 |
| 1987 | 202 | #851 | 17 | #3,011 |
| 1986 | 204 | #823 | 14 | #3,346 |
| 1985 | 220 | #769 | — | — |
| 1984 | 249 | #681 | 11 | #3,812 |
| 1983 | 298 | #595 | 12 | #3,522 |
| 1982 | 274 | #652 | 7 | #5,308 |
| 1981 | 261 | #669 | 6 | #5,857 |
| 1980 | 269 | #664 | 11 | #3,730 |
| 1979 | 251 | #682 | — | — |
| 1978 | 215 | #729 | 5 | #6,276 |
| 1977 | 232 | #676 | 10 | #3,722 |
| 1976 | 215 | #691 | 6 | #5,264 |
| 1975 | 196 | #739 | — | — |
| 1974 | 211 | #699 | — | — |
| 1973 | 192 | #732 | 5 | #5,465 |
| 1972 | 214 | #686 | 5 | #5,345 |
| 1971 | 227 | #680 | 5 | #5,274 |
| 1970 | 170 | #815 | 8 | #3,667 |
| 1969 | 177 | #759 | — | — |
| 1968 | 184 | #720 | — | — |
| 1967 | 140 | #855 | — | — |
| 1966 | 163 | #769 | — | — |
| 1965 | 180 | #747 | — | — |
| 1964 | 204 | #730 | — | — |
| 1963 | 222 | #674 | 5 | #4,336 |
| 1962 | 232 | #671 | — | — |
| 1961 | 253 | #640 | — | — |
| 1960 | 305 | #561 | 5 | #4,323 |
| 1959 | 276 | #598 | — | — |
| 1958 | 267 | #609 | 5 | #4,228 |
| 1957 | 276 | #581 | — | — |
| 1956 | 280 | #561 | — | — |
| 1955 | 222 | #623 | 11 | #2,496 |
| 1954 | 228 | #601 | — | — |
| 1953 | 203 | #624 | — | — |
| 1952 | 196 | #632 | — | — |
| 1951 | 233 | #555 | — | — |
| 1950 | 246 | #523 | — | — |
| 1949 | 269 | #492 | — | — |
| 1948 | 351 | #423 | — | — |
| 1947 | 360 | #429 | 6 | #3,548 |
| 1946 | 332 | #422 | 5 | #3,770 |
| 1945 | 335 | #385 | — | — |
| 1944 | 352 | #376 | 5 | #3,674 |
| 1943 | 331 | #404 | — | — |
| 1942 | 362 | #372 | 8 | #2,814 |
| 1941 | 345 | #360 | — | — |
| 1940 | 337 | #351 | 6 | #3,295 |
| 1939 | 334 | #354 | 7 | #2,980 |
| 1938 | 373 | #327 | 6 | #3,352 |
| 1937 | 353 | #331 | 6 | #3,336 |
| 1936 | 330 | #344 | 5 | #3,813 |
| 1935 | 376 | #326 | — | — |
| 1934 | 379 | #321 | — | — |
| 1933 | 334 | #340 | — | — |
| 1932 | 291 | #384 | 9 | #2,740 |
| 1931 | 338 | #348 | — | — |
| 1930 | 356 | #355 | 15 | #2,014 |
| 1929 | 364 | #339 | 5 | #4,283 |
| 1928 | 364 | #357 | — | — |
| 1927 | 409 | #333 | 7 | #3,633 |
| 1926 | 406 | #328 | 6 | #3,954 |
| 1925 | 409 | #331 | 12 | #2,512 |
| 1924 | 426 | #326 | 8 | #3,379 |
| 1923 | 413 | #318 | — | — |
| 1922 | 448 | #308 | 8 | #3,396 |
| 1921 | 420 | #321 | 11 | #2,714 |
| 1920 | 436 | #314 | 7 | #3,649 |
| 1919 | 481 | #290 | 7 | #3,575 |
| 1918 | 430 | #307 | — | — |
| 1917 | 403 | #306 | — | — |
| 1916 | 363 | #319 | 7 | #3,345 |
| 1915 | 379 | #299 | — | — |
| 1914 | 344 | #283 | — | — |
| 1913 | 257 | #297 | 5 | #3,050 |
| 1912 | 269 | #274 | — | — |
| 1911 | 193 | #280 | — | — |
| 1910 | 251 | #242 | — | — |
| 1909 | 202 | #250 | — | — |
| 1908 | 207 | #235 | — | — |
| 1907 | 191 | #248 | — | — |
| 1906 | 193 | #228 | — | — |
| 1905 | 217 | #208 | — | — |
| 1904 | 206 | #210 | — | — |
| 1903 | 210 | #201 | — | — |
| 1902 | 221 | #196 | — | — |
| 1901 | 205 | #199 | — | — |
| 1900 | 266 | #194 | — | — |
| 1899 | 243 | #178 | — | — |
| 1898 | 219 | #197 | — | — |
| 1897 | 209 | #189 | — | — |
| 1896 | 227 | #182 | 5 | #1,182 |
| 1895 | 234 | #175 | — | — |
| 1894 | 241 | #169 | — | — |
| 1893 | 233 | #164 | — | — |
| 1892 | 263 | #152 | — | — |
| 1891 | 218 | #155 | — | — |
| 1890 | 242 | #146 | — | — |
| 1889 | 207 | #153 | — | — |
| 1888 | 257 | #134 | — | — |
| 1887 | 192 | #136 | — | — |
| 1886 | 212 | #131 | — | — |
| 1885 | 211 | #123 | — | — |
| 1884 | 198 | #125 | — | — |
| 1883 | 148 | #133 | — | — |
| 1882 | 169 | #122 | — | — |
| 1881 | 149 | #116 | — | — |
| 1880 | 141 | #116 | — | — |
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).