Josephine Girl
How popular is Josephine?
#53 girl name in 2025
4,126 baby girls were named Josephine in the US in 2025, making it the 53rd most popular girl name.
Josephine popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #53 for girls (▲ 3 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 4,126 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+65% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #131 in 2015, #87 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1918 (8,682 girls) |
| Highest rank | #21 in 1916 (2 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Josephine counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Josephine family of names ranked #73 for girls in 2025 (#83 the year before), with 4,141 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Josephine | 4,126 | 100% |
| Josefine | 15 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Josephine is most popular
Babies named Josephine per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Vermont: 11.3 per 1,000 (55 girls)
- District of Columbia: 8.0 per 1,000 (95 girls)
- Maine: 7.4 per 1,000 (115 girls)
- Alaska: 7.1 per 1,000 (61 girls)
- New Hampshire: 6.6 per 1,000 (121 girls)
Josephine by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 7,732 | #45 |
| 1890s | 12,463 | #44 |
| 1900s | 18,785 | #28 |
| 1910s | 61,355 | #21 |
| 1920s | 69,223 | #27 |
| 1930s | 36,051 | #49 |
| 1940s | 24,324 | #89 |
| 1950s | 16,412 | #146 |
| 1960s | 9,317 | #258 |
| 1970s | 5,154 | #363 |
| 1980s | 4,732 | #430 |
| 1990s | 7,059 | #312 |
| 2000s | 13,924 | #201 |
| 2010s | 23,960 | #90 |
| 2020s | 20,976 | #53 |
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Questions
- Is Josephine a boy or girl name?
- Josephine is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Josephine were girls.
- How popular is the name Josephine?
- 4,126 baby girls were named Josephine in the US in 2025, making it the 53rd most popular girl name.
- When was Josephine most popular?
- Josephine peaked in 1918, when 8,682 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #21, held for 2 years starting in 1916.
- How many people are named Josephine?
- 332,458 babies have been named Josephine in the US since 1880. We estimate about 124,097 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 31.
- Where is Josephine most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Josephine was most common in Vermont, at 11.3 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.