Josephine is one of America's most popular girls' names, ranked #53 in 2025.
Josephine is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #53 for girl births in the United States (and #136 across all names), given to 4,126 babies. Josephine was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1918 (8,682 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4,126 | 4,126 | #53 | — |
| 2024 | 3,765 | 3,765 | #56 | — |
| 2023 | 3,376 | 3,376 | #64 | #13,131 |
| 2022 | 3,266 | 3,266 | #70 | — |
| 2021 | 3,391 | 3,391 | #72 | — |
| 2020 | 3,057 | 3,057 | #87 | — |
| 2019 | 3,123 | 3,123 | #90 | — |
| 2018 | 3,050 | 3,050 | #91 | — |
| 2017 | 2,823 | 2,823 | #107 | — |
| 2016 | 2,797 | 2,797 | #114 | — |
| 2015 | 2,505 | 2,505 | #131 | — |
| 2014 | 2,286 | 2,291 | #147 | — |
| 2013 | 2,012 | 2,012 | #160 | — |
| 2012 | 1,957 | 1,957 | #160 | — |
| 2011 | 1,730 | 1,730 | #182 | — |
| 2010 | 1,677 | 1,677 | #185 | — |
| 2009 | 1,628 | 1,635 | #201 | — |
| 2008 | 1,635 | 1,635 | #208 | — |
| 2007 | 1,562 | 1,562 | #223 | — |
| 2006 | 1,548 | 1,548 | #221 | — |
| 2005 | 1,490 | 1,490 | #229 | — |
| 2004 | 1,337 | 1,337 | #242 | — |
| 2003 | 1,257 | 1,257 | #258 | — |
| 2002 | 1,198 | 1,204 | #264 | — |
| 2001 | 1,153 | 1,160 | #275 | — |
| 2000 | 1,116 | 1,122 | #288 | — |
| 1999 | 989 | 989 | #312 | — |
| 1998 | 840 | 854 | #347 | — |
| 1997 | 784 | — | #353 | — |
| 1996 | 725 | — | #371 | — |
| 1995 | 700 | — | #376 | — |
| 1994 | 648 | — | #390 | — |
| 1993 | 596 | — | #419 | — |
| 1992 | 591 | — | #427 | — |
| 1991 | 607 | — | #421 | — |
| 1990 | 579 | — | #435 | — |
| 1989 | 536 | — | #459 | #5,377 |
| 1988 | 508 | — | #451 | #7,871 |
| 1987 | 436 | — | #498 | — |
| 1986 | 456 | — | #470 | — |
| 1985 | 423 | — | #485 | — |
| 1984 | 437 | — | #472 | — |
| 1983 | 480 | — | #438 | — |
| 1982 | 491 | — | #440 | — |
| 1981 | 477 | — | #451 | — |
| 1980 | 502 | — | #430 | — |
| 1979 | 437 | — | #462 | — |
| 1978 | 457 | — | #438 | — |
| 1977 | 442 | — | #452 | — |
| 1976 | 431 | — | #449 | — |
| 1975 | 462 | — | #434 | #5,111 |
| 1974 | 536 | — | #389 | — |
| 1973 | 535 | — | #383 | — |
| 1972 | 580 | — | #373 | — |
| 1971 | 603 | — | #381 | — |
| 1970 | 677 | — | #363 | — |
| 1969 | 699 | — | #338 | — |
| 1968 | 693 | — | #332 | — |
| 1967 | 744 | — | #319 | — |
| 1966 | 838 | — | #306 | — |
| 1965 | 870 | — | #309 | #3,397 |
| 1964 | 971 | — | #297 | #2,960 |
| 1963 | 1,060 | — | #281 | #3,829 |
| 1962 | 1,108 | — | #269 | #4,348 |
| 1961 | 1,211 | — | #258 | #3,512 |
| 1960 | 1,164 | — | #263 | #3,492 |
| 1959 | 1,177 | — | #257 | — |
| 1958 | 1,279 | — | #239 | #4,227 |
| 1957 | 1,442 | — | #221 | — |
| 1956 | 1,494 | — | #210 | #2,878 |
| 1955 | 1,601 | — | #199 | #3,694 |
| 1954 | 1,726 | — | #186 | #3,299 |
| 1953 | 1,807 | — | #172 | #3,036 |
| 1952 | 1,868 | — | #169 | #3,557 |
| 1951 | 1,975 | — | #157 | #2,763 |
| 1950 | 2,093 | — | #146 | — |
| 1949 | 2,163 | — | #143 | — |
| 1948 | 2,237 | — | #134 | #3,165 |
| 1947 | 2,351 | — | #133 | — |
| 1946 | 2,234 | — | #127 | #3,352 |
| 1945 | 2,156 | — | #120 | #2,320 |
| 1944 | 2,337 | — | #115 | #2,039 |
| 1943 | 2,679 | — | #108 | #1,947 |
| 1942 | 2,765 | — | #100 | #1,771 |
| 1941 | 2,746 | — | #92 | #1,558 |
| 1940 | 2,756 | — | #89 | #2,131 |
| 1939 | 2,859 | — | #84 | #1,437 |
| 1938 | 3,002 | — | #83 | #1,389 |
| 1937 | 2,968 | — | #82 | #1,324 |
| 1936 | 3,166 | — | #77 | #1,345 |
| 1935 | 3,286 | — | #75 | #1,409 |
| 1934 | 3,762 | — | #60 | #1,584 |
| 1933 | 3,589 | — | #62 | #1,567 |
| 1932 | 4,132 | — | #57 | #1,119 |
| 1931 | 4,533 | — | #51 | #1,139 |
| 1930 | 5,021 | — | #49 | #1,244 |
| 1929 | 5,324 | — | #45 | #1,430 |
| 1928 | 5,701 | — | #42 | #1,342 |
| 1927 | 6,140 | — | #39 | #1,309 |
| 1926 | 6,428 | — | #37 | #1,873 |
| 1925 | 6,835 | — | #36 | #1,519 |
| 1924 | 7,291 | — | #34 | #2,005 |
| 1923 | 7,575 | — | #30 | #2,177 |
| 1922 | 7,887 | — | #27 | #1,616 |
| 1921 | 8,156 | — | #28 | #1,741 |
| 1920 | 8,107 | — | #28 | #2,282 |
| 1919 | 8,124 | — | #26 | #1,730 |
| 1918 | 8,709 | — | #24 | #1,388 |
| 1917 | 8,344 | — | #21 | #1,783 |
| 1916 | 8,142 | — | #21 | #2,001 |
| 1915 | 7,622 | — | #22 | #1,835 |
| 1914 | 5,913 | — | #23 | #1,525 |
| 1913 | 4,835 | — | #24 | #1,541 |
| 1912 | 3,990 | — | #28 | #1,683 |
| 1911 | 3,025 | — | #29 | #913 |
| 1910 | 2,809 | — | #30 | #1,260 |
| 1909 | 2,427 | — | #31 | #926 |
| 1908 | 2,397 | — | #28 | #1,066 |
| 1907 | 2,164 | — | #33 | #1,048 |
| 1906 | 1,908 | — | #38 | #969 |
| 1905 | 1,901 | — | #37 | #1,036 |
| 1904 | 1,701 | — | #40 | — |
| 1903 | 1,599 | — | #40 | #676 |
| 1902 | 1,572 | — | #42 | #982 |
| 1901 | 1,442 | — | #43 | #811 |
| 1900 | 1,749 | — | #47 | #1,241 |
| 1899 | 1,394 | — | #44 | #992 |
| 1898 | 1,425 | — | #46 | — |
| 1897 | 1,274 | — | #47 | #892 |
| 1896 | 1,263 | — | #50 | #937 |
| 1895 | 1,334 | — | #47 | — |
| 1894 | 1,256 | — | #48 | — |
| 1893 | 1,178 | — | #50 | — |
| 1892 | 1,216 | — | #49 | #1,021 |
| 1891 | 1,036 | — | #49 | #1,045 |
| 1890 | 1,124 | — | #49 | #946 |
| 1889 | 1,053 | — | #49 | #930 |
| 1888 | 1,006 | — | #49 | #1,112 |
| 1887 | 815 | — | #50 | — |
| 1886 | 844 | — | #47 | — |
| 1885 | 789 | — | #48 | #881 |
| 1884 | 800 | — | #45 | — |
| 1883 | 697 | — | #46 | — |
| 1882 | 638 | — | #49 | — |
| 1881 | 563 | — | #48 | — |
| 1880 | 544 | — | #50 | — |