Josie Girl
How popular is Josie?
#82 girl name in 2025
3,021 baby girls were named Josie in the US in 2025, making it the 82nd most popular girl name. Another 6 boys got the name (#10,691 for boys).
Josie popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #82 for girls (▲ 6 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 3,021 girls, 6 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+133% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #250 in 2015, #134 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (3,021 girls) |
| Highest rank | #82 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Josie 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 Josie is most popular
Babies named Josie per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Vermont: 6.6 per 1,000 (32 girls)
- Wyoming: 5.9 per 1,000 (25 girls)
- West Virginia: 5.6 per 1,000 (148 girls)
- Maine: 5.6 per 1,000 (86 girls)
- North Dakota: 4.8 per 1,000 (63 girls)
Josie by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,884 | #116 |
| 1890s | 2,329 | #146 |
| 1900s | 2,118 | #193 |
| 1910s | 3,370 | #242 |
| 1920s | 4,095 | #308 |
| 1930s | 3,464 | #321 |
| 1940s | 3,374 | #351 |
| 1950s | 2,427 | #521 |
| 1960s | 2,060 | #561 |
| 1970s | 2,123 | #675 |
| 1980s | 2,545 | #594 |
| 1990s | 6,039 | #340 |
| 2000s | 10,634 | #282 |
| 2010s | 13,927 | #155 |
| 2020s | 14,981 | #82 |
Girl names about as popular as Josie
Questions
- Is Josie a boy or girl name?
- Josie is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Josie were girls.
- How popular is the name Josie?
- 3,021 baby girls were named Josie in the US in 2025, making it the 82nd most popular girl name. Another 6 boys got the name (#10,691 for boys).
- When was Josie most popular?
- Josie peaked in 2025, when 3,021 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #82 in 2025.
- How many people are named Josie?
- 75,915 babies have been named Josie in the US since 1880. We estimate about 57,159 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 16.
- Where is Josie most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Josie was most common in Vermont, at 6.6 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.