Josephine is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #136 for girl births in the United States, given to 4,126 babies. Josephine first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 1918 (8,709 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4,126 | #136 |
| 2024 | 3,765 | #154 |
| 2023 | 3,376 | #181 |
| 2022 | 3,266 | #192 |
| 2021 | 3,391 | #190 |
| 2020 | 3,057 | #215 |
| 2019 | 3,123 | #222 |
| 2018 | 3,050 | #228 |
| 2017 | 2,823 | #259 |
| 2016 | 2,797 | #274 |
| 2015 | 2,505 | #305 |
| 2014 | 2,286 | #340 |
| 2013 | 2,012 | #360 |
| 2012 | 1,957 | #358 |
| 2011 | 1,730 | #393 |
| 2010 | 1,677 | #401 |
| 2009 | 1,628 | #427 |
| 2008 | 1,635 | #442 |
| 2007 | 1,562 | #461 |
| 2006 | 1,548 | #453 |
| 2005 | 1,490 | #460 |
| 2004 | 1,337 | #493 |
| 2003 | 1,257 | #520 |
| 2002 | 1,198 | #526 |
| 2001 | 1,153 | #543 |
| 2000 | 1,116 | #565 |
| 1999 | 989 | #604 |
| 1998 | 840 | #667 |
| 1997 | 784 | #683 |
| 1996 | 725 | #711 |
| 1995 | 700 | #726 |
| 1994 | 648 | #750 |
| 1993 | 596 | #807 |
| 1992 | 591 | #825 |
| 1991 | 607 | #797 |
| 1990 | 579 | #832 |
| 1989 | 536 | #852 |
| 1988 | 508 | #838 |
| 1987 | 436 | #916 |
| 1986 | 456 | #867 |
| 1985 | 423 | #893 |
| 1984 | 437 | #849 |
| 1983 | 480 | #798 |
| 1982 | 491 | #800 |
| 1981 | 477 | #815 |
| 1980 | 502 | #786 |
| 1979 | 437 | #843 |
| 1978 | 457 | #795 |
| 1977 | 442 | #821 |
| 1976 | 431 | #806 |
| 1975 | 462 | #782 |
| 1974 | 536 | #710 |
| 1973 | 535 | #704 |
| 1972 | 580 | #682 |
| 1971 | 603 | #692 |
| 1970 | 677 | #654 |
| 1969 | 699 | #622 |
| 1968 | 693 | #610 |
| 1967 | 744 | #582 |
| 1966 | 838 | #553 |
| 1965 | 870 | #557 |
| 1964 | 971 | #540 |
| 1963 | 1,060 | #506 |
| 1962 | 1,108 | #501 |
| 1961 | 1,211 | #482 |
| 1960 | 1,164 | #498 |
| 1959 | 1,177 | #488 |
| 1958 | 1,279 | #448 |
| 1957 | 1,442 | #413 |
| 1956 | 1,494 | #397 |
| 1955 | 1,601 | #373 |
| 1954 | 1,726 | #353 |
| 1953 | 1,807 | #334 |
| 1952 | 1,868 | #324 |
| 1951 | 1,975 | #298 |
| 1950 | 2,093 | #281 |
| 1949 | 2,163 | #273 |
| 1948 | 2,237 | #264 |
| 1947 | 2,351 | #258 |
| 1946 | 2,234 | #247 |
| 1945 | 2,156 | #232 |
| 1944 | 2,337 | #220 |
| 1943 | 2,679 | #208 |
| 1942 | 2,765 | #193 |
| 1941 | 2,746 | #176 |
| 1940 | 2,756 | #171 |
| 1939 | 2,859 | #160 |
| 1938 | 3,002 | #156 |
| 1937 | 2,968 | #150 |
| 1936 | 3,166 | #140 |
| 1935 | 3,286 | #138 |
| 1934 | 3,762 | #115 |
| 1933 | 3,589 | #115 |
| 1932 | 4,132 | #105 |
| 1931 | 4,533 | #95 |
| 1930 | 5,021 | #92 |
| 1929 | 5,324 | #85 |
| 1928 | 5,701 | #81 |
| 1927 | 6,140 | #76 |
| 1926 | 6,428 | #72 |
| 1925 | 6,835 | #66 |
| 1924 | 7,291 | #62 |
| 1923 | 7,575 | #56 |
| 1922 | 7,887 | #53 |
| 1921 | 8,156 | #52 |
| 1920 | 8,107 | #51 |
| 1919 | 8,124 | #48 |
| 1918 | 8,709 | #45 |
| 1917 | 8,344 | #42 |
| 1916 | 8,142 | #41 |
| 1915 | 7,622 | #42 |
| 1914 | 5,913 | #43 |
| 1913 | 4,835 | #44 |
| 1912 | 3,990 | #48 |
| 1911 | 3,025 | #42 |
| 1910 | 2,809 | #42 |
| 1909 | 2,427 | #42 |
| 1908 | 2,397 | #38 |
| 1907 | 2,164 | #45 |
| 1906 | 1,908 | #51 |
| 1905 | 1,901 | #50 |
| 1904 | 1,701 | #55 |
| 1903 | 1,599 | #54 |
| 1902 | 1,572 | #56 |
| 1901 | 1,442 | #57 |
| 1900 | 1,749 | #64 |
| 1899 | 1,394 | #58 |
| 1898 | 1,425 | #64 |
| 1897 | 1,274 | #65 |
| 1896 | 1,263 | #68 |
| 1895 | 1,334 | #66 |
| 1894 | 1,256 | #66 |
| 1893 | 1,178 | #67 |
| 1892 | 1,216 | #67 |
| 1891 | 1,036 | #66 |
| 1890 | 1,124 | #66 |
| 1889 | 1,053 | #66 |
| 1888 | 1,006 | #67 |
| 1887 | 815 | #68 |
| 1886 | 844 | #67 |
| 1885 | 789 | #67 |
| 1884 | 800 | #67 |
| 1883 | 697 | #67 |
| 1882 | 638 | #77 |
| 1881 | 563 | #74 |
| 1880 | 544 | #79 |