Josey Boy & girl
How popular is Josey?
#2,778 girl name in 2025
61 baby girls were named Josey in the US in 2025, making it the 2778th most popular girl name. Another 25 boys got the name (#4,138 for boys).
Josey popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,778 for girls (▼ 475 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 61 girls, 25 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-20% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,408 in 2015, #2,156 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2012 (106 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,771 in 1998 |
| First recorded | 1915 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 20% boys, 80% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Josey counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Josie family of names ranked #105 for girls in 2025 (#110 the year before), with 3,158 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Josie | 3,021 | 96% |
| Josey | 61 | 2% |
| Jozie | 50 | 2% |
| Josi | 13 | 0% |
| Jossie | 6 | 0% |
| Jozey | 7 | 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 Josey is most popular
Babies named Josey per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (64 girls)
- Louisiana: 0.1 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Tennessee: 0.1 per 1,000 (9 girls)
- North Carolina: 0.1 per 1,000 (12 girls)
- Missouri: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
Josey by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #4,272 |
| 1920s | 12 | #4,304 |
| 1930s | 5 | #4,179 |
| 1940s | 23 | #4,122 |
| 1950s | 26 | #4,519 |
| 1960s | 7 | #5,972 |
| 1970s | 73 | #4,679 |
| 1980s | 225 | #2,780 |
| 1990s | 594 | #1,771 |
| 2000s | 882 | #1,787 |
| 2010s | 905 | #1,886 |
| 2020s | 474 | #2,119 |
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Questions
- Is Josey a boy or girl name?
- Josey is used for both. Over the last 10 years, 20% of babies named Josey were boys and 80% were girls.
- How popular is the name Josey?
- 61 baby girls were named Josey in the US in 2025, making it the 2778th most popular girl name. Another 25 boys got the name (#4,138 for boys).
- When was Josey most popular?
- Josey peaked in 2012, when 106 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,771 in 1998.
- How many people are named Josey?
- 4,248 babies have been named Josey in the US since 1880. We estimate about 4,151 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 20.
- Where is Josey most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Josey was most common in Texas, at 0.1 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.