NameTrendsU.S. Baby Name Data

Josephine Girls

The U.S. popularity history of Josephine: every year it appeared on the national list since 1880, with 331,467 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

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Total recorded births
331,467
Peak year
1918 #24
Years on the list
146
10-year trend
+20.7%

In the 1910s · Most used in NY in {year}

Popularity history

1880–2025

YearBirthsRank
20111,730#182
20121,957#160
20132,012#160
20142,286#147
20152,505#131
20162,797#114
20172,823#107
20183,050#91
20193,123#90
20203,057#87
20213,391#72
20223,266#70
20233,371#64
20243,765#56
20254,126#53

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1918

NY
1,425
PA
1,199
IL
723
NJ
454
MA
451
OH
384

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